Saint Beatrice of Silva | |
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| Virgin | |
| Born | ca. 1424 Campo Maior, Alentejo Region, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 16 August 1492 Toledo, Crown of Castile |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church (Conceptionist & Franciscan Orders, Spain & Portugal) |
| Beatified | 28 July 1926, Rome by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 3 October 1976, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
| Major shrine | Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, Toledo, Spain |
| Feast | 17 August (1 September in the Franciscan Order) |
Beatrice of Silva (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492), 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.