In the collective memory of the local community it was considered to be that of a woman who lived in poverty in a home attached to the church and worked as a weaver.

People removed soil from the tomb as a means of obtaining miraculous cures from sickness, especially the endemic malaria.

On 15 April 1640, the relics were again moved to the rebuilt hermitage, but they were later brought back to Villanueva because of fear of flooding from the river.

The evidence of the witnesses in the 1620s process suggests that she died not very long before and so in the 16th or 15th century, a historical, sociological and religious situation into which she would fit perfectly.

[7][8] She is also the patroness of the Philippines, because the conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi gained possession of Manila on May 19, 1571 which is the saint's feast.