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Blessed Maria Clara Of The Child Jesus
Blessed Maria Clara Of The Child Jesus

Blessed Maria Clara Of The Child Jesus

Also known as: Libânia Do Carmo Galvão Mexia de Moura Telles de Albuquerque; Maria Clara do Menino Jesus; Mother Clara

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

December 1

Born

June 15, 1843

Died

December 1, 1899

Beatified

21 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI

Religious Order

Capuchin

Venerated

6 December 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

Biography

Blessed Maria Clara of the Child Jesus, also known as Libânia Do Carmo Galvão Mexia de Moura Telles de Albuquerque, was born on 15 June 1843 in Amadora, Lisbon, Portugal. She was baptized with the name Libânia, but later took the religious name Sister Maria Clara of the Child Jesus when she joined the Capuchin Tertiaries of Our Lady of the Conception in 1869.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2011-05-21 by 21 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
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