A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Losa, Isabella
LOSA, ISABELLA,
A native of Cordova, Spain, was so illustrious for her knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, that she was honoured with the degree of D.D. When she became a widow, she took the habit of St. Clair, went to Italy, and founded there the hospital of Loretto where she ended her days, in acts of devotion and benevolence, March 5th., 1546, aged seventy-three.