Blessed Beatrix of Lens

Memorial: 19 January
Profile: Founded the Benedictine Cistercian monastery of Epinklieu near Mons, and lived the rest of her life as a nun there.
Born: Lens, diocese of Arras, France
Died: after 1216 of natural causes
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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