Convento Santa Catalina De Siena

Convento Santa Catalina De Siena

Visiting Times: Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. and Sundays from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (you can visit the patio) The Santa Catalina de Siena Dominican convent of cloistered nuns was opened in 1611 above the house of the Governors. It contains some interesting Baroque reredos, one in the chancel and the Virgen del Tránsito reredos and a tooled silver display case. The most interesting aspect of the convent church is the sculpture representing Santa Rosa de Lima, the work of Rodríguez de la Oliva. Once a year, on the 15th of February, the doors of the convent are opened to show the faithful the uncorrupted body of the Sister María de Jesús de León Delgado (1643 - 1731).