Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez

Juana de la Cruz Vázquez y Gutiérrez, TOR,, was a Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular. Known to be a mystic, she was authorized to preach publicly, an extraordinary permission for a woman. Living at the start of Spanish mysticism's golden era, she is counted among Teresa of Ávila's literary mothers. In 2015 she was declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.

3 May 1481

Born on the same birth day (3 May): Betty Comden • Beulah Bondi • Brooks Koepka • Cornelius Van Til • David Hookes • Desiigner • Domantas Sabonis • François Coty • Marcel Dupré • Margaret of York • Maryam Mirzakhani • Mikhail Prokhorov • Richard D'Oyly Carte • Vito Volterra • Élisabeth of France