Blessed Candida Maria de Jesus (secular name Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola) (May 31, 1845 - August 9, 1912) was a Spanish nun. She was the foundress of the Congregation of the Hijas de Jesus, founded on December 8, 1871 in Salamanca, Spain. She was born in Berrospe, Andoain, Guipuzcoa, in the Basque region of Spain. Her father was a weaver, and the family was poor. On May 12, 1996 she was beatified, together with another Hijas de Jesus, Maria Antonia Bandres y Elosegui, by Pope John Paul II.