Maria Clara of the Child Jesus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese religious (1843-1899)
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Place of Birth: Amadora, Lisbon District, Portugal
About Maria Clara of the Child Jesus
- Blessed Maria Clara of the Child Jesus (15 June 1843 – 1 December 1899) — born Libânia do Carmo Galvão Mexia de Moura Telles de Albuquerque — was a Portuguese Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Lisbon.
- She led the congregation as its superior despite interference from outside visitors that officials in Rome appointed to supervise the order.Her beatification was celebrated in Lisbon in 2011 and Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the solemn Mass on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.
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