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María Uicab was a priestess and Maya leader, born in Yucatán in the 19th century. She flourished during the Caste War of Yucatán.[1] She was also known by the nicknames Patron Saint and Queen of Tulum.[1] It seems that her original name could have been María Petrona Uicab[2] and that she was married three times, first in 1860.[2]
She was influential in the Cruzoob religious movement.[3] A charismatic woman, she had a skill for making her followers obey her. She did this by appealing to their superstitions.[4] In a temple in the city of Tulum, she supposedly interpreted "the voices of three crosses." The crosses stood upon an altar, and Uicab claimed to be able to interpret their commands.[4][5] After 1875, her name stopped appearing in written sources; it seems that by that time, she had died.[6] Even so, the end of her life is a mystery. One possibility is that she was assassinated by her own followers in the Cruzoob movement; another is that she died of old age.[7]
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