Maxentia of Beauvais

Saint

Maxentia of Beauvais
Statue of Maxentia in Sainte-Maxence de Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Virgin martyr
BornIreland
Died5th century
Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France
CanonizedPre-congregation
Feast20 November

Maxentia of Beauvais (French: Sainte Maxence) was a 5th-century Irish virgin and hermit who was beheaded when she refused to marry. Her feast day is 20 November.

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