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Berlinda of Meerbeke
Benedictine nun
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 3 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
601
Died
702
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Meerbeke in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, Saint Berlinda, virgin, who led a religious life of poverty and charity in this town.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 3 February as a virgin who lived a religious life of poverty and charity at Meerbeke.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q920511 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Berlinda of Meerbeke (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.