Fernanda Fernández

1792) was a Spanish nun, found to have an intersex trait following an investigation that Fernández initiated, and subsequently reclassified as male.

Fernanda Fernández took religious vows and became a nun at the age of eighteen in April 1774.

In 1787, she told her confessor that she was developing male genitals, and asked to be removed from the nunnery.

After more thorough examinations by physicians and midwives, Fernández was confirmed to have a small penis able to produce semen.

[1] Fernández was officially stated to be a man 11 February 1792, released from her vows as a nun, and sent back to her parents in Zújar.