One Sunday in 1674, Antonia de la Bodega and José Martínez Vallejo entered their church in the small village of Merindad de Montija to attend mass. Antonia was several months pregnant and began to experience contractions so suddenly that she had no choice but to give birth to her daughter Eugenia inside the church. A church birth was so unusual that it was seen as a sign—this child would live an extraordinary life. But no one would have expected just how unique a life Eugenia Martinez Vallejo would actually live….
