Clara Fey (11 April 1815 – 8 May 1894) was a German Roman Catholic Nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus.

Clara Fey was born on 11 April 1815 in Aachen, the fourth of five children of wealthy textile industrialist Louis and his wife Katherine.

[2] Fey studied under noted teacher Luise Hensel and became acquainted with Pauline von Mallinckrodt and Franziska Schevier.

In 1841, however, her spiritual advisor Wilhelm Sartorius motivated her to instead read the works of Francis de Sales for greater theological inspiration.

Fey served as the order's first superior general from its founding until her death despite her frail health and frequent bouts of illness.

The late religious was named as Venerable on 14 May 1991 after Pope John Paul II confirmed that she had lived a model life of heroic virtue.