Bertilda Samper Acosta
| Bertilda Samper Acosta | |
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| Photograph of Sister María Ignacia.
Photograph of Sister María Ignacia.
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| Born | Bertilda Samper Acosta 31 July 1856 Bogotá, Cundinamarca, New Granada |
| Died | 31 July 1910 (aged 54) Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Occupation | Nun |
| 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) |
| Writing career | |
| Pen name | Berenice |
| Language | Spanish |
| Period | 1880—1910 |
| Genre | Lyric poetry |
| Subject | Devotionals |
| Notable work | Novena de Aguinaldos |
Sister María Ignacia, OSC, born Bertilda Samper Acosta (31 July 1856 – 31 July 1910)[1] 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Although most of her poetry has remained unpublished, she is known for her revision and expansion of the novena of aguinaldos,[2][3] a popular devotional novena of Advent during the Christmas season in Colombia, also popular in Ecuador and Venezuela.
References
- Back to citation 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.
- Back to citation 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.
- Back to citation Romero Acosta, Nistar. "Tiempo Para Rezar La Novena" [Time To Pray The Novena]. El Heraldo. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
External links
- Fray Fernando de Jesús Larrea; Sister María Ignacia Bertilda Samper, Novena de Aguinaldos (in Spanish)
- Añez, Julio. Parnaso Colombiano: Colección de Poesías Escogidas [Colombian Parnassus: Selected Poetry of Bertilda Samper] (PDF) (in Spanish). Luis Ángel Arango Library. Retrieved 2010-11-02.