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Maxentia of Beauvais
5th-century Irish virgin and hermit
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 20 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Maxentia of Beauvais (French: Sainte Maxence) was a 5th-century Irish virgin and hermit who was beheaded when she refused to marry. Her feast day is 20 November.
Summary from Wikipedia (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.
Sources
- Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) — Sainte Maxence — "Princesse irlandaise et chrétienne, Maxence se réfugie en Gaule pour tenter d'échapper à un prétendant païen... Maxence est assassinée" — the Irish virgin killed near Beauvais, kept on 20 November.
- Wikidata Q13819997 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maxentia of Beauvais (CC BY-SA)
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.