 She entered the convent of Nossa Senhora da Rosa da Ordem do Grande Patriarca Santo Domingos on August 29, 1630 and lived and worked there until her death on January 28, 1693 (Macado 775, Boyce 135).Sor Violante possessed a natural gift for poetry and began writing as an adolescent.She wrote her first known work "La Transformación por Dios" at the age of twelve (Machado) and continued to write in her distinct baroque, lyrical poetry after she entered the convent.