Saint Alice
Cistercian laysister and leper
Feast: 11 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of La Cambre near Brussels in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, Saint Alice, virgin of the Cistercian Order, who, struck by leprosy at twenty-two, was forced into a life of segregation; in her last years, having lost her sight as well, not one limb of her body remained healthy except her tongue, to sing the praises of God.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 11 June as a Cistercian of La Cambre, struck by leprosy, who kept only her tongue to sing God's praises.
- Roman Martyrology, 11 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1860408 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alice of Schaerbeek (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.