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Colombian Poor Clare nun, poet and writer
Bertilda Samper Acosta
Photograph of Sister María Ignacia.Photograph of Sister María Ignacia.
BornBertilda Samper Acosta
(1856-07-31)31 July 1856
Bogotá, Cundinamarca,
New Granada
Died31 July 1910(1910-07-31) (aged 54)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Pen nameBerenice
OccupationNun
LanguageSpanish
NationalityColombian
Period1880—1910
GenreLyric poetry
SubjectDevotionals
Notable worksNovena de Aguinaldos
Relatives José María Samper Agudelo (father)
Soledad Acosta Kemble (mother)
Tomás Joaquín de Acosta y Pérez de Guzmán (grandfather)
Miguel Samper Agudelo (uncle)
Agripina Samper Agudelo (aunt)
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Samper and the second or maternal family name is Acosta.

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Although most of her poetry has remained unpublished, she is known for her revision and expansion of the novena of aguinaldos, a popular devotional novena of Advent during the Christmas season in Colombia, also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.

References

  1. Acosta, Soledad (August 2004). "Cronología" [Chronology]. In Ordóñez Vila, Montserrat (ed.). Novelas y cuadros de la vida suramericana [Novels and Portraits of South American Life] (in Spanish). Chronology by María Victoria González. Bogotá. pp. 405–406. ISBN 978-958-683-706-4. OCLC 254691569. Retrieved 2010-10-31.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Bedoya Pérez, Juliana (2006-12-21). "Navidad, una cuestión de tradición" [Christmas, A Question of Tradition]. Revista Semana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  3. Romero Acosta, Nistar. "Tiempo Para Rezar La Novena" [Time To Pray The Novena]. El Heraldo. Retrieved 2010-11-02.

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