In Toledo, in Spain, saint Beatriz da Silva Meneses, Virgin, who was noble Lady of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, but, preferring a life of greater perfection, then withdrew to the nuns of the order of Saint Domingo for many years and, finally, founded a new order with the title of order of the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Celebration | 16 of August Saints of the day |
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Name |
Beatriz is a woman's name.
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Birth | on 1426 in Ceuta in current Spain Saints born in Spain |
Death | on August 17, 1490 in Toledo in current Spain Saints dead in Spain |
Process |
Beatified on year 1926
by pope Pius XI
Canonized on year 1976
by pope Paul VI
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