The hermitage-convent of Nuestra Señora de la Estrella was founded at the end of the 17th century in Miguelturra, province of Ciudad Real (Spain). It was created around the primitive hermitage of Santa Marina, which since the 13th century has belonged to the Virgen de la Estrella, after the appearance of the virgin, discovered by some shepherds in the place that a star pointed out to them for several nights. Digging at the marked point, they found a dark-skinned virgin inside a cave, which can still be visited next to the church. From that moment on, she was taken as the patron saint of Miguelturra.
The convent, attended from its origin by cloistered Mercedarian nuns, was founded by Doña Maria Velarde y Treviño due to the fame that the virgin had for being miraculous. The founder was buried next to her husband, Francisco Trevillo y Dávila at the foot of the main altar in 1785.