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Constance of Sicily

Queen of Aragon and titular Queen of Sicily

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Feast: 8 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1248

Died

1302

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Constance II (in Italian: Costanza; in Catalan: Constança; c. 1249 – (1302-04-09)9 April 1302) was queen regnant of Sicily from September 1282 to November 1285 alongside her husband, King Peter I. She was also queen consort of Aragon from 1276 to 1285. She was a pretender to the Kingdom of Sicily from 1268 to 1282. She was the only daughter of Manfred, King of Sicily, and his first wife, Beatrice of Savoy.

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The miracles

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

Why that counted as sanctity

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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.

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Connected on this site

Elizabeth of Aragon Saint Child

Sources

Santi, beati e testimoni - BeataCostanza d’Aragona — Queen of Aragon, honoured as Blessed; santiebeati gives her death as 1300 at Barcelona, other records 1302.
Wikidata Q286537 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Constance II of Sicily (CC BY-SA)

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