Beatrice of Nazareth | |
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| Born | c. 1200 Tienen, Brabant, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 29 July 1268 Lier, Brabant, Holy Roman Empire[1] |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Feast | 29 July |
| Major works | Seven Ways of Holy Love |
Beatrice of Nazareth (Dutch: Beatrijs van Nazareth; c. 1200 – 1268),[2] also known as Beatrice of Tienen, was a Flemish Cistercian nun, visionary and mystic. Remembered chiefly through a medieval adaptation of her writings, of which the originals are now mostly lost, she is venerated as Blessed by the Catholic Church.
Beatrice's treatise Seven Ways of Holy Love is an early example of bridal mysticism. Long surviving only in Latin adaptation, it was rediscovered in 1926, making it the earliest surviving work of mystical prose in Middle Dutch.[3]
- ^ "K. ter Laan, "Beatrijs van Nazareth" (in Dutch), Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid, 1952. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Pedersen, Else Marie Wiberg (2006). "Beatrice of Nazareth". In Schaus, Margaret (ed.). Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 62–64. ISBN 0415969441.
- ^ Faesen, Rob; Arblaster, John (2013). "The Influence of Beatrice of Nazareth on Marguerite Porete: The 'Seven Manners of Love' Revised". Cîteaux: Commentarii Cistercienses. 64: 41–88.