Blessed Beatrix d'Este
- Memorial
- 10 May
- Profile
- Born to the dynastic house of Este.
Aunt of Blessed Beatrix of Este the Younger.
Nun in the convent of Santa Margherita at Solarolo, Italy.
Feeling a need for more seclusion, she took over a deserted monastery at Gemmola, Italy, and founded a new convent where she apparently spent the rest of her life.
- Born
- between 1200 and 1206 in the castle of d'Este, Italy
- Died
- 10 May 1226 of natural causes at Gemmola, Italy;
interred in the church of Saint John the Baptist;
remained translated to the church of Saint Sophia in Padua, Italy in 1578;
tradition says that when anything important was about to befall the family of Este, Beatrix would turn in her grave, and the noise could be heard throughout the church
- Beatified
- 19 November 1763 by Pope Clement XIII
- Additional Information
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Kirken i Norge - norwegian
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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