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Detail Of A Portrait Of Blessed Eleanor The Queen By Johann Michael Rottmayr 1716
Detail Of A Portrait Of Blessed Eleanor The Queen By Johann Michael Rottmayr 1716

Blessed Eleanora

Also known as: Eleonora

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

21 February; 25 June on some calendars

Born

1222 in Provence, France

Died

25 June 1291 at the Benedictine abbey of Amesbury, England of natural causes

Beatified

No formal beatification; popular devotion began at her death and continues

Biography

Blessed Eleanora, also known as Eleonora, was born in 1222 in Provence, France, as the daughter of Count Raymond IV of Provence. At the young age of ten, she married King Henry III of England on 14th January 1236, becoming the Queen of England. Despite her tender age, Blessed Eleanora carried out her duties as queen with grace and dignity.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Feast Days

February 21June 25

Books & Resources

Dictionary of Patron Saints’ Names, http://amzn.to/21ejizk

Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612787169

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