María Enríquez de Luna, Duchess of Gandia entered the convent with the name of Sister Gabriela.

Later, would be his daughter, Sister Francisca de Jesús which was chosen abbess of the convent in 1533, and ruled it until in 1548, he resigned to foundations away from their family environment.

The convent preserves an outstanding art collection bequeathed by the Borgias including the works of José de Ribera, Juan de Juanes, Paolo da San Leocadio, Francisco Salzillo or Francisco Ribalta school painters.

[1] In 2010 the convent signed a collaboration agreement which yields works to the Town Hall of Gandia that are a part of the future Museum of the Poor Clares, at the old Sant Marc Hospital.

It is a cloistered convent, so it is only possible to visit the church of Valencian Gothic style which is located on the right side of the construction.