Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux (Beatrice of Ornacieux) (c. 1240–1306/09) was a

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. Her feast day is 13 February. Beatrice was a Carthusian nun who founded a settlement of the order at Eymieux in the department of

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. According to her ''Vita'', written by Marguerite of Oingt, she was especially devoted to the Passion of Christ and is said to have driven a nail through her left hand to help herself to realize the sufferings of the

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.Thurston, Herbert. "Beatrix." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 1 Jan. 2013
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in 1869. (See "Anal. jur. pont.", 1869, XI, 264.) There are modern lives by Bellanger and Chapuis and a full account in Lecoulteux, "Ann. Ord. Cath." (V, 5). Her feast is on 13 February.

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"Saint of the Day, February 13": ''Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux''
at ''SaintPatrickDC.org''
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