Saint Beatriz da Silva Meneses

Religioso Founder Virgin
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
Name Beatriz is a woman's name.
  • feminine version names:
    Español: Bea.
    English: Beatrix.
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