Catalina de Erauso or Katalina Erauso, also known in Spanish as La Monja Alférez (English, The Nun Lieutenant) (1592, San Sebastián, Spain—1650, Cuetlaxtla (near Orizaba), New Spain), was a semi-legendary personality of the Basque Country, Spain and Spanish America in the first half of the 17th century. She lived and traveled as a man under many names, most notably that of Antonio de Erauso, and had a special dispensation from Pope Urban VIII which allowed her to wear male clothing