Beatrix d'Ornacieux

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Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux
Born	13th Century
Died	1306 or 1309
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	1869 by Pius IX
Feast	13 February
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Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux (d. 1306 or 1309) was a Carthusian nun. Her feast day is 13 February.

Beatrix was a Carthusian nun who founded a settlement of the order at Eymieux in the department of Drome. She was specially devout 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 Crucifixion.

Her cultus was confirmed by Pius IX 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.