A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Cruz, (Jeane-Ignes de la)

by Mary Matilda Betham

CRUZ (JEANE-IGNES DE LA), a Mexican Nun, and a Voluminous Writer,

Whose poems are of great repute in Spain. They are famous for their sublimity, force, and erudition, but are thought by good critics to be inferior to her works in prose. It is said, many Spanish poets surpass her in harmony, but none equal her in variety and extent of knowledge.

Father Feejoo.