Barbara Maix

Blessed Barbara Maix
Virgin
Born	(1818-06-27)27 June 1818 Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died	17 March 1873(1873-03-17) (aged 54) Catumbi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	6 November 2010, Ginásio Gigantinho, Porto Alegre, Brazil by Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri
Feast	17 March

Barbara Maix (27 June 1818 – 17 March 1873) was an Austrian Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and assumed the religious name Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity. 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.^[1]

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.