Blessed Beatrix of Engelport
Profile
Dominican nun in 1262 at the convent of Engelport in Hundsrück, Germany. All the nuns at the convent became Premonstratensians in 1272. Beatrix may have served as the first prioress.
Born
- c.1275
- interred in the choir loft of the convent church
- legend says that if the convent forgot to celebrate her feast day, Beatrix would make knocking noises in her tomb
- relics destroyed during the anti-Church excesses of the French Revolution
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Beatrix of Engelport“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 November 2016. Web. 23 January 2021. <>