Maria Lorenza Longo was a 16th-century Spanish nun who settled in Naples and established the Capuchin Poor Clares. Born in Lleida around 1463, she later moved to Italy, where she was reportedly cured of paralysis during a pilgrimage to Loreto. Following the death of her husband, she embraced the Franciscan tradition, dedicating her life to serving the sick and marginalized. Her religious reforms sought to restore the primitive austerity and simplicity originally practiced by Saint Clare of Assisi.