Bertilda Samper Acosta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bertilda Samper Acosta

Colombian nun and writer

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1856

Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1910

Profession: writer, poet, nun

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sister María Ignacia, OSC, born Bertilda Samper Acosta (31 July 1856 – 31 July 1910) was a Colombian Poor Clare nun, poet and writer.
She was the daughter of José María Samper Agudelo and Soledad Acosta Kemble, both renowned writers and journalists of their time in Colombia. Although most of her poetry has remained unpublished, she is known for her revision and expansion of the novena of aguinaldos, a popular devotional novena of Advent during the Christmas season in Colombia, also popular in Ecuador and Venezuela.