Ermita de San Diego
San Diego del Monte is an out-of-town Franciscan sanctuary outside San Cristóbal de La Laguna, and it is famous for a very particular local legend: the “Fuga de San Diego.” Long before the story became a cultural event, the convent’s origins trace back to 1615, when Juan de Ayala founded the monastery and arranged that its property and rights would be inherited by the barefoot Franciscans of San Diego. The definitive construction of the building came later, in 1672. By then, the complex was not just a church but the seat of the Province of San Diego of the Canaries, administering Franciscan convents across the archipelago. Here also lived and was buried Fray Juan de Jesús, known as the “Siervo de Dios,” the religious adviser to Sor María de Jesús, “La Siervita,” the incorrupt nun of the convent of Santa Catalina. …
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