Maria Llorença Llong
Maria Llorença Llong | |
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Maria Llorença Llong on a print (18th century) | |
| Born | 1463 Lleida, Crown of Aragon |
| Died | 21 December 1539 (aged 76) Naples, Kingdom of Naples |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 9 October 2021, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Naples, Italy by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro |
| Feast | 21 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.