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B. BEATRICE DE SILVA 109 among all hnman creatnres. Long after her death, in a time of distorhance, the nuns fled from Nazareth to Lira. Beatrice's hody was left walled up at Nazareth, hnt was carried hy angels to Lira, in l()lG,for safety, — as was proved by the fact that several persons heard music and saw a light in the middle of the night. Gertrude de Greve was abbess at the time. AA.SS. Boll., July 29, Preeter, Bucelinus, Men, Ben,^ Feb. 28. Henriquez, ZtZia, July 29. Hugo Menard, Mart, Ben,, gives her day as July 27, and places her death ia 1268. Her Life is said to bo in MiraBus's Chron. CUterciu B. Beatrice (8), Havydis. B. Beatrice (9) d'Omacieux, Feb. 13. "f* 1305. Carthusian nun at Parmenie, in the diocese of Grenoble. Bepresented hammering a nail into her left hand, in order to share the sufferings of Christ. Her immemorial worship was confirmed by Pius IX. in 1809. Analecta Juris Pontificii, series zi. 264. Cahier, Caracidrisiitptea. B. Beatrice (lO), Nov. 6. Nun in the Cistercian monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Olivet, near Mari- montium, in Hainault. She was ex- tremely beautiful. Her beauty was a snare to herself and to an unworthy priest who ministered at the house. She was keeper of the oratory, and had a considerable devotion to the B. Y. Mary. When she determined to elope with the priest, she laid the keys on the altar, saying, *'I have served you faithfully. Here I give up my charge and give you back your keys. I am going where my inclinations call me." She went off with the priest, who soon deserted her. She had nothing to live on, and was ashamed to return to her convent, so she led a sinful life for fifteen years. At last, hankering after the better life she had left, she went to the gate of her old home and asked the porteress if she remembered Sister Beatrice, the keeper of the oratory. " Yes," was the reply, **I knew her and know her very well; she is a holy woman here to this day." Beatrice did not understand, and was going away, but the B. Y. Mary, to whom she had commended herself and given up the keys, said to her, "I have done your work and saved your character all these years. Now come back and do pen- ance." She did so, and lived several years in holy penitence and died in the odour of sanctity. Henriquez, Lilia Cistercii, Bucelinus, Men, Ben,, Nov, 6. The Bollandists promise her Life when their calendar comes down to her day. B. Beatrice (ii) Casata, March 26. "f* 1490. The Casati were an old family of Milan. Beatrice married Franchino, Count of Eusca, or Basconia. In her widowhood she was distinguished for piety and unworldliness. She died March 26, 1490. Her bones were honourably translated from an old to a new convent at Milan, in 1551. Hen- schenius could not ascertain whether this was on the ground of her sanctity or only of her rank. She was said to have wrought several miracles both before and after her death. She is com- memorated in the Franciscan Martyrology, AA,SS. Boll., July 17, Prmter, Oebet^ Buck, O.S.F., Dec. 19. Mentioned in the Life of B, Prudentia, May 6, AA,SS» Boll. B. Beatrice (12) de Silva, Sept. l, Oct. 8. "f I'^^O* ^Q Portuguese she is called Bbites. Founder of the Franciscan Order of the Conception of our Lady«. Daughter of Gomez de Silva, governor of Campo Mayor and Onguela, and of Isabel Menez. Sister of James, first Count of Portalegre, and of B. Amadeo, founder of the Amadeists. She was related to the royal family of Portugal. When Isabel,, daughter of Edward, King of Portugal (1433-1438), married John II., King of Castile (1406-1454), Beatrice accom- panied her to that kingdom. This was about 1442. Her beauty procured her a great deal of attention at the Spanish court Numerous duels were fought on account of her. She had many offers of marriage, and the king admired her too much. The queen, being jealous, imprisoned her in her own room, anct left her three days without food. While praying for Ufe and innocency, she received a promise of protection from the B. Y. Maby, whom she saw in a