Blessed Beatrice Dornacieux
Also known as: Beatrice di Ornacieu; Beatrice of Eymeu; Beatrix…
Feast Day
25 November; 27 November (diocese of Grenoble, France); 13 February (diocese of Valence, France)
Born
C.1260 in Ornacieu, Dauphine (in the southeastern area of modern France
Died
25 November 1303 at the monastery of Eymeu, Valence (in modern France) of natural causes; re-interred in Parménie, France; re-interred in the Olivetan sanctury there in 1901; relics enshrined in the church of Rancurel
Beatified
15 April 1869 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)
Biography
Blessed Beatrice Dornacieux, also known as Beatrice di Ornacieu, Beatrice of Eymeu, or Beatrix, was born around 1260 in Ornacieu, Dauphine, which is located in the southeastern area of modern France. At the young age of thirteen in the year 1273, Beatrice made the decision to devote herself to a life of religious service and joined the Carthusians at the Charterhouse of Parménie in France.
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