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and was herself the daughter of the Marquis of Ferrara; she was a niece of Blessed Beatrice d'Este. She was betrothed to Galeazzo Manfredi of Vicenza, but he died of his wounds after a battle, just before the wedding day. His bride refused to return home, but attended by some of her maidens, devoted herself to the service of God, following the Benedictine rule, at the convent of

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, at San Lazzaro just outside

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. Her cult was approved by Clement XIV, and Pius VI allowed her festival to be kept on 19 January.Thurston, Herbert. "Beatrix." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 3 Aug. 2014
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* Faustino Mostardi, La Beata Beatrice II d'Este, Venice, Fondazione Cini, 1963 * Bibliotheca Sanctorum, Beatrice,

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(Padua - Italy) vol. II ag 994, 1962 * Sautto Alfonso, Le tre Beatrici d’Este, Associazione Cattolica di Cultura, 1933, Monastero di Sant’Antonio di Ferrara -Italy

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