Blessed Eleanora

Memorial

• 21 February

Profile

Daughter of Count Raymond IV of Provence. Married King Henry III of England in 1236 at the age of ten. Queen of England. Widowed in 1273 after 37 years of marriage. Benedictine nun. Known throughout her life as a pious and prayerful woman.

Born

• 1226 in Provence, France

Died

• of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Patron Saints’ Names
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Eleanora“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 April 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>