Sancha of Majorca
Queen consort of Naples
Feast: 28 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Sancia of Majorca (c. 1281 – 28 July 1345), also known as Sança or Sancha, was Queen of Naples from 1309 until 1343 as the wife of Robert the Wise. She served as regent of Naples during the minority of her stepgrandaughter, Joanna I of Naples, from 1343 until 1344.
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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.
Connected on this site
- Esclaramunda of Foix Blessed Mother, Parent
- santiebeati.it - Beata Chiara (Sancia di Maiorca), regina, clarissa — Montpellier 1285/86 - Naples 28 July 1345; Queen of Naples who became a Poor Clare; feast 28 July, as in our record.
- Wikidata Q774919 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sancia of Majorca (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.