Feast August 17
Saint Beatrice of Silva
Religious founder · Feast August 17
Biography
Beatrice of Silva, born Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese noblewoman who became the foundress of the monastic Order of the Immaculate Conception. Amadeus of Portugal's younger sister, she is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Feast day
August 17
Birth date
ca. 1424
Death date
16 August 1492
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
3 October 1976
Canonized by
Pope Paul VI
Feast month
8
Wikidata qid
Q463534
Feast day of month
17