Saint Beatrice of Rome

Also known as

• Beatrix of Rome
• Viatrix of Rome

Memorial

• 29 July

Profile

Sister of Saint Faustinus of Rome and Saint Simplicius of Rome. Betrothed to be married even though she had taken personal vows of chastity. When she was caught burying her martyred brothers, she was denounced by her fiance Lucretius as a Christian, arrested, and martyred.

Died

• strangled in 303 in Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• woman holding a rope in her left hand and a candle in her right hand

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saintly Women, by Agnes B C Dunbar
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Beatrice of Rome”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 June 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-beatrice-of-rome/>