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Conception of Our Lady

an order of nuns, founded in Portugal in 1484 by Beatrix de Sylva, in honor of the immaculate conception. It was confirmed in 1489 by Pope Innocent VIII .

In 1489 Cardinal Ximenes put the nuns under the direction of the Franciscans , and imposed on them the rule of St. imposed on them the rule of of St.

Clara. The order subsequently spread into Italy and France .

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