Beatrice of Silva

Saint Beatrice of Silva OIC
Virgin
Born	ca. 1424 Campo Maior, Alentejo Region, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	16 August 1492 Toledo, Crown of Castile
Venerated in	Catholic Church (Conceptionist & Franciscan Orders, Spain & Portugal)
Beatified	28 July 1926, Rome by Pope Pius XI
Canonized	3 October 1976, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI
Major shrine	Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, Toledo, Spain
Feast	17 August (1 September in the Franciscan Order)

Beatrice of Silva (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492), born Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese noblewoman who became the foundress of the monastic Order of the Immaculate Conception. Amadeus of Portugal's younger sister, she is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.