Barbara Maix
Barbara Maix, ICM, religious name religious name Maria Barbara of the Most Holy Trinity, (27 June 1818 – 17 March 1873) was an Austrian Catholic religious sister who established the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Brazil. Maix dedicated her life and service to the adequate treatment of the poor and ill with an added emphasis on the recognition of female dignities.
Maix's death in 1873 prompted calls for her beatification which commenced in 1993 and culminated in her beatification that was celebrated on 6 November 2010 in Brazil where she worked. Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri presided over the celebration on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.
In the Martyrology
- March 17 Blessed Maria Bárbara da Santíssima Trindade (Bárbara Maix), religious