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Saint Alice

Cistercian laysister and leper

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Feast: 11 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1220
Died
1250
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Alice of Schaerbeek (or Adelaide or Aleydis) (also known as Alice the Leper) (Dutch: Sint Aleydis, French: Sainte Alix), (c. 1220–1250) was a Cistercian lay sister who is venerated as the patron saint of the blind and paralyzed. Her feast day is 15 June.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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