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Blessed Sancha of Portugal

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Blessed Sancha of Portugal

Birth
Coimbra, Coimbra Municipality, Coimbra, Portugal
Death
13 Mar 1229 (aged 48–49)
Coimbra, Coimbra Municipality, Coimbra, Portugal
Burial
Lorvao, Penacova Municipality, Coimbra, Portugal Add to Map
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Royalty. She was the second daughter of Sancho I and Dulce of Aragon. Together with her sister the was responsible that the Monstery at Lorvãos became a cistercian nunnery and became its first abbess. They also founded the monstery of Santa Maria de Celas near Coimbra. She and her sister were beatified in 1705.
Royalty. She was the second daughter of Sancho I and Dulce of Aragon. Together with her sister the was responsible that the Monstery at Lorvãos became a cistercian nunnery and became its first abbess. They also founded the monstery of Santa Maria de Celas near Coimbra. She and her sister were beatified in 1705.


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