Beatrix van Lens
saint
Who they were
Beatrice of Lens (Beatrix) is a Blessed, born at Lens, formerly in the county of Hainaut. On 29 October 1216, with the dowry she had received from her parents, she founded the Cistercian abbey of Épinlieu, near Mons, in present-day Belgium, and entered it herself.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Béatrice de Lens (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Bienheureuse Béatrice de Lens — Nominis, the saints database of the French bishops' conference, has a full entry: Bienheureuse Béatrice de Lens (XIII e siècle) Née à Lens dans le comté de Hainaut (en Belgique actuelle). Elle fonda en 1216, avec la dot
- Wikidata Q2113790 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.