The Devil of Loudun-like possession case of María de la Candelaria

Record summary

María de la Candelaria is associated with a late seventeenth-century Yucatecan religious case involving visionary or prophetic religious activity and conflict with ecclesiastical authorities. The lead is useful for comparing Indigenous or mixed religious expression with European possession categories in colonial courts. Identification should proceed through archival catalogues and specialist histories because similarly named figures and loosely summarized accounts circulate in secondary literature. The case should not be treated as a confirmed supernatural event, and its exact evidentiary profile needs checking.