Bruna Pellesi was an Italian religious sister of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Christ who lived from 1917 to 1972. Born in Prignano sulla Secchia, she supported her family through farming during her youth before entering her religious order in 1940. Taking the name Maria Rosa of Jesus, she dedicated much of her life to education, working as a kindergarten teacher in Sassuolo and Ferrara. Her later years were defined by a long struggle with tuberculosis, which required her to live in various sanatoriums until her death in a convent.