Jerónima de la Asunción was a Spanish Poor Clare nun and abbess born in Toledo in 1555. Inspired by the life of Saint Clare and the teachings of Teresa of Ávila, she joined a monastery in her home country before undertaking a long journey to the Philippines. At age 66, she led a group of nuns across the Atlantic and through Mexico to establish the Royal Monastery of Saint Clare in Manila. As the first abbess of this institution, she was a pioneer for monastic life in the Far East.