Church of St. Michael

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The actual convent of the Carmelite Fathers was founded in 1587 under the title of St. Michael. St. John of the Cross died at this place on December 14, 1591.

The convent houses the Church of St. Michael, an orphanage and anmuseumdedicated to San Juan de la Cruz. The church, with a Neoclassical cut, was built in the last century and replaced that built in the 17th century.

The main façade, as you will note, includes a 3-foot stone sculpture representing San Miguel Arcángel, a work of the Ubetense sculptor Marcelo Góngora. It’s interiors consist of three ships with a cruise, covered by half-canyon vaults and half-orange dome with flashlight. It stands out especially from the outside of the dome decorated with colorful glazed ceramics that you can observe from the Wall.

Also noteworthy are the paintings in the shrimp and chapel that represent the conquest of Ubeda by St. Ferdinand and scenes of the life of St. John of the Cross and St. Theresa of Jesus. Also outstanding are the paintings that represent Biblical scenes such as the Resurrection of Christ, St. Joseph, Christ of good death and the Rapture of Elijah, works by the Ubetense painter Manuel García Villacañas.

The temple houses the Colloquies of the Christ of good death and that of the Virgin of Carmen.

Following the convent an oratorio was built in 1627 that houses the sepulchre of St. John’s Cross, being the first temple of the Catholic world built in his name. The oratorio, with a single ship, has a small high choir that occupies the place where the cell was killed by St. John and in which a temple that contains his relics was built. At this place, an octagonal head that is covered by an attire with a Baroque style, all of them crowned by a height of the Christ of the four naves (13th century). In the central corridor you will see a lay sculpture of the Holy One. Currently, his remains are not found here, only some of his relics, as they were brought to Segovia.

The convent also has aMuseumand with a Sanjuan library that brings together some of his works. A House of Spirituality also exists.