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Mariana Alcoforado

Sóror Mariana Alcoforado was a Portuguese nun living in the convent of the Poor Clares (Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Convent of Our Lady of the Conception) in Beja, Portugal. Debate continues as to whether Mariana was the real Portuguese author of the Letters of a Portuguese Nun, a collection of five love letters to the French officer Noël Bouton, Marquis de Chamilly and later Marshal of France.

Portuguese nun and writer

Born 22 April 1640
Died 28 July 1723

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Portuguese nun and writer

Born 22 April 1640
Died 28 July 1723

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