The recognition of a primary model of female sanctity before St. Teresa provides a new understanding of the Counter-Reformation. Historians and philologists have only recently vindicated the role of the spiritual leadership of female living saints and the invisibility of this cultural phenomenon has begun to be corrected. However, this project will ensure that the authority of these women in post-Tridentine ecclesiastical spheres, which has never been appreciated before, will be considered. Therefore, the results of this project will be very relevant for scholars of Modern Spain in the field of the history of sanctity. Moreover, they will also be relevant for scholars of Spanish literature, since Juana de la Cruz and María de Santo Domingo are authors of visionary and mystical texts that are edited or translated in this project; and for historians of art history, since devotional images of this model circulated at that time.

The Catalogue of Living Saints constitutes a fundamental source for new studies, as does the database and geolocation, digital tools created specifically to provide a better and more accessible understanding of the phenomenon addressed. This Catalogue also generates social value, as it disseminates research for the benefit of civil society, by offering a tool within the reach of a non-specialized public with different types of interest, be it religious, historical, or cultural. The wiki allows access to documents from anywhere in the world without any kind of restriction, thus enabling the dissemination of documentary material that until a few years ago was relegated to oblivion. The Catalogue contributes as well to the knowledge of archival and library collections in Spain, allowing the national and international dissemination of bibliographic and documentary products containing cultural heritage. Thus, the Catalogue helps the project to have a greater social projection while consolidating the university’s public image.

Finally, in the field of civil society, the Catalogue provides access to texts aimed at all those interested in women’s history, at a time when society is vindicating their role in the past.