Blessed Beatrix of Engelport

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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

13th century Germany

Died

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

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