Isabel de Villena

Isabel de Villena (1430–1490) was a Catalan abbess and writer, and one of the earliest major female authors in Catalan literature - wikipedia

Her most important work, the Vita Christi, retells sacred history by centring women’s voices, emotional lives, and moral agency. Without overt rebellion, she subverted dominant patriarchal theology by shifting narrative focus.

Writing from within a convent, Isabel demonstrated how power can be challenged through storytelling rather than confrontation. Her work aligns closely with Literate Transparency and the preservation of suppressed histories.

In science fiction, Isabel becomes an archivist of erased civilisations, restoring voices deliberately excluded from official galactic records.

# Grave

SEARCH Isabel de Villena is buried in **Valencia**, in the **Convent of the Santíssima Trinitat (Convent of the Holy Trinity)** where she served as abbess, though her exact tomb has not survived as a distinct marked grave. 39.4697065, -0.3763353 Valencia, Comarca de València, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain