Santa Clara
Santa Clara (Spanish, Portuguese) is the name of the following people:
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- Clare of Assisi (1193/94-1253), Italian foundress of the Order of the Poor Clares (commemoration day 11 August)
- Clare of Montefalco, Clare of the Cross (1268-1308) Italian Augustinian nun and mystic, virgin (August 17)
- Clare of Rimini, probably also Clare de Aquilariis (c. 1300), Italian Franciscan nun (22 January, 23 February, 7 November)
- Clare de Fuligno († 1497/1500), Poor Clare, virgin, patron saint of the town of Fuligno (13 July).
- Clare Francisca Wagner († 1637), Swiss Franciscan nun in Montorge (October 2).
- Abraham a Sancta Clara, religious name of Johann Ulrich Megerle (1644-1709), Catholic preacher and writer
as well as:
- a group of the Pueblo Indians, see Santa Clara (people)
Santa Clara is the name of the following geographical objects:
Places in Argentina:
- Santa Clara (Jujuy)
- Santa Clara (La Rioja)
- Santa Clara (Mendoza)
Places in Bolivia:
- Colonia Santa Clara in the Municipio Pailón, Departamento Santa Cruz
Places and municipalities in Portugal:
- Santa Clara (Coimbra), locality and former municipality in the Concelho de Coimbra
- Santa Clara (Ponta Delgada)
- Santa Clara de Louredo
- Santa Clara-a-Nova
- Santa Clara-a-Velha
- Santa Clara (Lisbon)
Places in the United States:
- Santa Clara (California)
- Santa Clara (New Mexico)
- Santa Clara (New York)
- Santa Clara (Texas)
- Santa Clara (Utah)
as well as:
- Municipio Santa Clara, Municipio in Durango, Mexico
- Santa Clara County, county in California, United States.
- Santa Clara (Cuba)
- Santa Clara (Durango), Mexico
- Santa Clara (Angola)
- Santa Clara (island), one of the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean off South America
- Santa Clara (Biscay), an island in the bay of Donostia-San Sebastián
- Santa Clara (São Tomé), a settlement in the district of Água Grande in São Tomé and Príncipe
- Churches dedicated to St. Clare of Assisi, see Church of St. Clare of Assisi.
- Churches dedicated to St. Clare of the Cross, see Church of St. Clare of Montefalco.
- Churches of other saints, see Church of St. Clare
- Monasteries under the patrocinium of St. Clare of Assisi, see Clare of Assisi Monastery.
Santa Clara, Other:
- Santa Clara (cigar), Mexican manufacturer of cigars
- CD Santa Clara, Portuguese football club
- original name of the ship Niña
See also: