Sancha of Portugal
Portuguese princess, nun and blessed, Lady of Alenquer
Feast: 11 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Coimbra in Portugal, Blessed Sancha, virgin, who, daughter of King Sancho I, founded the monastery of Cistercian nuns of Celas, where she took the religious habit.
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 April as a daughter of King Sancho I who founded the Cistercian convent of Celas near Coimbra and became a nun there.
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
- Mafalda of Portugal Blessed Brother or sister
- Theresa of Portugal Blessed Brother or sister
- Roman Martyrology, 11 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2649986 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sancha, Lady of Alenquer (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.