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Saint Beatrice of Silva

1424-1492

Feast Day: September 1, August 17 (trad.)

Patronage: Conceptionist nuns, prisoners

Saint Beatrice of Silva was born in Portugal to nobility and raised in the household of the future Queen Isabella of Castile. She became Isabella’s lady in waiting but incurred her jealous wrath because of her beauty. Queen Isabella had her imprisoned. She escaped to a Cistercian convent in Toledo and lived there until at 60 years old she had a vision from Our Lady to start a new order of nuns, the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She died of natural causes.

Jane Barbe was an American voice actress and singer. She was known as the “Time Lady” for the recordings she made for the Bell System and other phone companies.  By 2000, Barbe’s voice was heard by about 300 million people each week. Through the years, Barbe’s voice became well-known through the phone companies use of her recordings, as well as her messages recorded for customized greetings for various corporations who bought Octel voice mail systems.

Recordings with her voice are also used in Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, and many other countries.

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