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Adélia Josefina de Castro Fonseca

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Adélia Fonseca

Adélia Josefina de Castro Fonseca (Salvador, Bahia, 24 November 1827 — Rio de Janeiro, 9 December 1920) was a Brazilian poet. Her parents were Justiniano de Castro Rebello and Adriana de Castro Rebello. She married Inácio Joaquim da Fonseca.[1] She published her poems in newspapers and books, and was a constant collaborator with the Almanaque de lembranças luso-brasileiro.[2]

Towards the end of her life, she entered the Convent of Santa Teresa, in Rio de Janeiro, adopting the name of Mother Maria José de Jesús.[3][4]

Selected works

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  • Echos de minha alma: poesias, 1865

References

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  1. ^ Câmara, José Aurélio Saraiva (1969). "Capistrano de Abreu". Coleção Documentos brasileiros. 136. José Olympio: 234.
  2. ^ Blake, Augusto Victorino Alves Sacramento (1883). Diccionario Bibliographico Brazileiro. Vol. 1. Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Nacional. pp. 5–6.
  3. ^ Memorial da vida de madre Maria José de Jesus, carmelita descalça, filha de Capistrano de Abreu. Rio de Janeiro: Convento Santa Teresa. 1968. p. 351.
  4. ^ Memorial da vida de madre María José de Jesus, carmelita descalça, filha de Capistrano de Abreu. Editor Convento Santa Teresa. [Rio de Janeiro.] 351 pp. 1968 pp.

Sources

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  • Coletânea de poetas Bahianos. (1951) Aloysio de Carvalho y Editora Minverva, page 272. (in Portuguese)
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