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:


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