May 01

Blessed Mafalda

May 1st XIII century

Name
Mafalda (Femenino)
Dead
in Arouca, in current Portugal
Celebration
May 1st
Religious
de la Orden del Císter
In Arouca, Portugal, blessed Mafalda, Virgin, daughter of King Sacho I, who after being free of a marriage contract previously agreed, became a nun and introduced the Cistercian reform in her monastery. Roman martyrology