Mama Antula, the Jesuit who didn't want to marry or be a nun, will be Argentina's first female saint

María Antonia Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, more commonly known by her Quechua name of “ Mama Antula ,” was born in 1730 into a wealthy family in Buenos Aires .

At the age of 15 , she left the comfortable life of her home and the privileges of her family to join the Jesuits.

Mama Antula collaborated in the performance of spiritual exercises based on the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola , the founder of the Company of Jesus .