Maria Llorença Llong


Maria Llorença Llong

Maria Llorença Llong on a print (18th century)
Born1463
Lleida, Crown of Aragon
Died21 December 1539 (aged 76)
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified9 October 2021, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Naples, Italy by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
Feast21 October

Maria Llorença Requenses Llong (Italian: Maria Lorenza Longo; 1463 – 21 December 1539) was a Spanish nun and the founder of the order of the Capuchin Poor Clares. Llong founded the Ospedale degli Incurabili Santa Maria del Popolo in Naples which received numerous papal privileges from Pope Leo X and Pope Adrian VI.

Her beatification was celebrated in Naples on 9 October 2021.