Overview
- The Santuario de la Misericordia announced her death on its Instagram account.
- Born in Borja on January 23, 1931, she was a self-taught painter who worked quietly on local landscapes and scenes.
- She repainted the deteriorated 20th-century Ecce Homo mural in the sanctuary, intending to preserve the image.
- The episode evolved from controversy into a sustained tourist draw, with the mayor recently citing about 10,000 annual visitors to see the mural.
- Ticket revenue from visits was directed to the Fundación Benéfica Hospital Sancti Spiritus y Santuario de Misericordia, and she also donated a painting in 2012 to raise funds for Cáritas Borja.