Data on the early life of Mother, now Venerable, Ignacia are very sketchy; the whole summary is recorded in her baptismal entry. The "Libro de Baustimos de la Iglesia de los Santos Reyes de Parian" states that she was the daughter of Jusepe Iuco and Maria Jeronima; baptized on March 4, 1663, by the Dominican, Fray Alberto Collares, with Catalina Malinang as godmother. The same record gives her devotional name, del Espiritu Santo, a providential choice which may have the officiating priest.
