On the day of the Immaculate Conception in 1583, a special workshop was experienced in Pamplona, with the arrival of the daughters of St. Teresa, which was reflected in some texts, such as this one from the chronicler of the Carmelites: "on the way, before entering the city, all the lords of the city and of the chancellery came out on horseback to receive them ....When we arrived at the main church, that place was so full of people that it seemed like a trial, not even through the church could one enter if the bailiffs were not making room ... at the time that vespers had just been sung". In the end, the bishop's opinion had prevailed over that of the provincial, who had argued that "he who professes humility and contempt for the world should ask for honors and receptions".

It was the first establishment of project of St. Teresa in these lands, a year after her death. In fact, he had intervened in its prolegomena and in other affairs of the kingdom, having been interested in the establishment of the Jesuits in the capital of Navarre. Father Jerónimo de la Madre de Dios, the sisters Leonor de la Misericordia and Catalina del Espíritu Santo, as well as Doña Beatriz de Beaumont y Navarra and Don Martín Cruzat also played an important role in this Carmelite foundation.

The foundresses arrived from Soria in a pathway chronicle, which illustrates in its paragraphs the travels of those times: conference employees, inns, snow, cold, scarce food, delays and muddy nuns trying to unblock the carriages.

The original location in Pamplona, in the first two decades, was in the house of Doña Beatriz de Beaumont, in what is now Jarauta Street. In 1603 they moved to place del Castillo, whose building was demolished in September 1838. The historic convent complex was built on the site of the current palace of the Government of Navarre, the beginning of Avenida de Carlos III, Teatro Gayarre and Banco Santander. There are 201 professions from 1584 to the present, distributed as follows: 84 until 1700, 47 in the 18th century, 35 in the 19th century and 36 in the 20th century.

The incorrupt body of Catalina de Cristo (1544-1594), who entered in Medina del Campo and helped the saint in the foundation of Soria, for which she was designated as prioress, is preserved in the Pamplona cloister. She was the foundress of the Carmelites of Pamplona and Barcelona. She led an exemplary life, which we know from the biography written about her by Leonor de la Misericordia (Ayanz y Beaumont), edited by Pedro Rodríguez and Ildefonso Adeva, and from the text published by Lanuza at plenary session of the Executive Council in the 17th century. Catalina lived supernatural experiences since she was a child, like other mystics and stood out for her gifts of prophecy. Shortly after her death in Barcelona, her body was found incorrupt and was examined by the doctors of the city, being visited by the kings in 1600. Francisco de la Madre de Dios, his body was transferred to the Carmelite monastery in Pamplona in 1604. Carlos Ayanz y Beaumont (1555-1606), brother of the aforementioned Leonor, was in charge of guarding the body on the Barcelona-Pamplona trip.

A written request of the nuns of Pamplona began their process of beatification, with the help of postulatory holy cards. We know that Father Gracián wrote from Blaye, on June 21, 1607, warning about the commissions of engravings of Catalina de Cristo and Teresa de Jesús. In 1603, a plate was opened in Rome at the expense of Francisco de Soto, of which a beautiful copy is conserved in the Pamplona cloister. Soto was a priest from Soria, first soprano and Dean, for many years, of the Sistine Chapel, chaplain of Clement VIII who, in 1597, founded the first convent of Discalced Carmelites in the Eternal City.

On the occasion of the ephemeris, this year 2023, the Carmelites will expose the body of Mother Catalina in the lower choir of the church, throughout the day, until the evening Mass, as they have done on other occasions, the last ones in 2000, on the occasion of the centenary of the installation of the community in its current headquarters, in Salsipuedes Street, and in 2008, to celebrate the 425th anniversary of the arrival in Pamplona.

Leonor de la Misericordia (Ayanz y Beaumont, 1551-1620), another of the foundresses, was from Navarre, a cultured woman, and B writer, thanks to whom we know many details of the establishment of the Carmelites in the capital of Navarre. She collected engraved prints that have been preserved and corresponded with religious of her Order, stationed in different parts of Europe, as well as with other prominent figures in politics and the Church. She was described by Father Gracián as follows: "Inwardly she was a seraph of condition and soul, and outwardly an angel of face and good grace. She had skill rare in writing, painting, knowing Latin and in the other labors and exercises of women, accompanying with manly prudence".

Her figure must be contextualized in the wake of St. Teresa, who felt a great appreciation for women, pondered their qualities and rights, claiming independent and educated women, equal, cheerful and prayerful religious. Leonor is part of a series of nuns writers of quality, that emerged in the Teresian cloistered world.