Aug 16

Saint Beatriz da Silva Meneses

August 16th XV century Fundadora Religiosa Virgen

In Toledo, in Spain, saint Beatriz da Silva Meneses, Virgin, who was noble Lady of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, but, preferring a life of greater perfection, then withdrew to the nuns of the order of Saint Domingo for many years and, finally, founded a new order with the title of order of the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Name
Beatriz (Femenino)
Celebrate
Beatrix
Other saints
Other saints named Beatriz
Born
en Ceuta, in current Spain
Dead
August 17th 1490 in Toledo, in current Spain
Process
Celebration
August 16th