Saint Beatrice d'Este
Italian noble and blessed
Feast: 19 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Beatrix II d'Este (1230 – 18 January 1262) belonged to a family of the Norman Dukes of Apulia and was herself the daughter of the Marquis of Ferrara; she was also a niece of the Blessed Beatrice d'Este, hence being named after her. She was betrothed to Galeazzo Manfredi of Vicenza but he succumbed due to his wounds after a battle, just before their wedding day. Beatrice refused to return home, but attended by some of her maidens, devoted herself to the service of God, following the Benedictine rule, at the convent of Sant'Antonio in Polesine, at San Lazzaro just outside of Ferrara.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Blessed Beatrice d'Este Blessed“Blessed Beatrice d'Este (Occitan: Biatritz or Beatritz d'Est) (1192 – 10 May 1226) was the daughter of Azzo VI of the Este family by his second wife, Sophia Eleanor, daughter of Humbert III, Count of Savoy.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q3822690 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Beatrice d'Este (CC BY-SA)
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