The earliest municipal documents mentioning the hospital, from 1480, called it Casa de la Magdalena.

[1] Relations between the Carmelite nuns and the city were contentious, often requiring the intervention of the nuncio.

The Convent of Santa Brígida [es] in Mexico City was also founded by Bridgettines from Vitoria in 1739.

[8] The most notable element of the convent is the Neoclassical façade designed by Olaguíbel in 1783,[9] originally flanked by two Ionic columns.

[10] The church itself has a floor plan in the shape of a Latin cross with very short arms.