When she was about 23, she began to wear men's clothes, and according to her testimony, she became a member of the Aragónese armed forces.
[3] She said she spent time in Barcelona and lived in Lisbon at various points to enter recolhimentos (shelters for girls and women).
[10] Under suspicion of having ambiguous sex organs (in the terminology of the time, being a hermaphrodite), she was physically examined by a doctor and two religious figures, but they determined she appeared female.
[10] The religious figures decided against performing an exorcism on her, claiming that she was not inhabited by any malevolent spirit, but instead that she worked with the devil to grow a penis to have sex with women.
[16] Fourth was Verónica Maria, from the convent, who said Duran (using the name António and with a penis) had sex with her.
[18] The last witness was António Soares, the doctor who inspected Duran; he testified that she had the physical characteristics of a woman.
[19] The details of her detention are not known, but prosecutors heard further testimony from others in the community about her sexual advances and anatomy.
[21] Around this time, they interrogated Agostinha—then a nun under the name Agostinha Teresa da Purificação—who testified that the two had sexual contact, but said she had never seen Duran with a penis.
[28] The next day, she selected João Nunes da Silveira as her attorney, and they responded to the charges the next week.
[34] In May, the inquisitors voted to have Duran denounce her heresy, leave Portugal, and have her verdict read in a private auto-da-fé (criminal procession).
[36] Alongside 33 others on 21 June 1744, Duran experienced her auto-da-fé in the presence of King João V of Portugal.