Adélia Josefina de Castro Fonseca explained

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]

Towards the end of her life, she entered the Convent of Santa Teresa in Rio de Janeiro, adopting the name of Mother Mary Joseph of Jesus.^[4]

Selected works

• Echos de minha alma: poesias, 1865

References

Sources

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

External links

• • Adelia Fonseca - in Wikisource

Notes and References

1. Câmara. José Aurélio Saraiva. José Olympio. Capistrano de Abreu. Coleção Documentos brasileiros. 1969. 136. 234.
2. Book: Blake. Augusto Victorino Alves Sacramento. Diccionario Bibliographico Brazileiro. 1883. Typographia Nacional. Rio de Janeiro. 5–6. 1.
3. Book: Memorial da vida de madre Maria José de Jesus, carmelita descalça, filha de Capistrano de Abreu. 1968. Convento Santa Teresa. Rio de Janeiro. 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.