Beatrice of Silva

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 (known as the Conceptionists). Amadeus of Portugal's younger sister, she is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.