Maria Clara do Menino Jesus
Portuguese religious (1843-1899)
Feast: 1 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Libânia do Carmo Galvão Meixa de Moura Telles e Albuquerque was born at Amadora, near Lisbon, on 15 June 1843, third of seven children of an aristocratic family, and learned in a faith-filled home to love God and to open herself to the afflicted and poor.
As Sister Maria Clara of the Child Jesus she became superior of the convent of St Patrick and, guided by her director, reformed the Capuchin community so thoroughly that it became a new congregation, the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. Her life was marked by charity and trust in Providence.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
An aristocrat who opened her heart to every person in need, trusting in Providence.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Maria Clara di Gesù Bambino
- Wikidata Q2057209 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Clara of the Child Jesus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.