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The Servant of God Mary of Jesus de Len y Delgado, O.P. , was a Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary, known popularly as La Siervita . She lived a life which was austere and simple, and many miracles were attributed to her, as well as levitation, ecstasy, bilocation, the stigmata, clairvoyance and healing, among others.

De Len was born on March 23, 1643, in the town of El Sauzal, located on the island of Tenerife, one of the Spanish Canary Islands, to Andrs de Len y Bello and Mara Delgado y Perera, a very humble family. Actually his family was of noble origin, although in decline. Possibly his fathers family was of Jewish origin who converted to Christianity, because the surname De Len is clearly of Sephardic origin. However, none of this is mentioned in their contemporary biographies, although it is possible that because of the climate of intolerance this information may be hidden, as was the case with St. Teresa of vila or Sister Mara de greda. In fact, one of the first groups of European settlers of El Sauzal after the conquest of the Canary Islands, it contained a large community of Jews that fled the Iberian Peninsula. She can also have Guanches ancestors.

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