Sor Ventura Cantillana y Gavilan

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Medals
Medals
     

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1822  -  Peru  -  Patriot  -  She was awarded the Orden del Sol.
1822  -  Peru  -  Not applicable  -  She was a nun at Santa Clara convent.

Connections:

Nuns
Orden del Sol (women)

Biography:
A nun at Santa Clara Convent, Peru, who was distinguished by decree for her services to the independence cause in January 1821.(Gaceta de Lima, 6/2/1822, p.4.)

References:

(1950) Gaceta del Gobierno de Lima Independiente, Tomos I-III, Julio 1822-dic 1822