Saint Beatrice d'Este

This article is about the betrothed of Galeazzo Manfredi of Vicenza. For her aunt, see Blessed Beatrice d'Este. For other women with this name, see Beatrice d'Este (disambiguation).

Saint Beatrice d'Este
Beatrice d'Este by Bartolomeo Veneto, 1510 (Snite Museum of Art)
Saint
Born	1230 Calaone (nowadays a Baone's hamlet, Padua, Italy)
Died	18 January 1262
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	16 July 1774 by Pope Clement XIV
Feast	19 January

Saint Beatrix II d'Este (1230 – 18 January 1262) belonged to a family of the Norman Dukes of Apulia and was herself the daughter of the Marquis of Ferrara; she was also a niece of the Blessed Beatrice d'Este, hence being named after her. She was betrothed to Galeazzo Manfredi of Vicenza but he succumbed due to his wounds after a battle, just before their wedding day. Beatrice refused to return home, but attended by some of her maidens, devoted herself to the service of God, following the Benedictine rule, at the convent of Sant'Antonio in Polesine, at San Lazzaro just outside of Ferrara. Her cult was approved by Clement XIV, and Pius VI allowed her festival to be kept on 19 January.

Bibliography

• Faustino Mostardi, La Beata Beatrice II d'Este, Venice, Fondazione Cini, 1963
• Bibliotheca Sanctorum, Beatrice, Praglia Abbey (Padua – Italy) vol. II ag 994, 1962
• Sautto Alfonso, Le tre Beatrici d’Este, Associazione Cattolica di Cultura, 1933, Monastero di Sant’Antonio di Ferrara, Italy

See also

• List of Catholic saints

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Beatrix". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.