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Spain

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, see Beade, Ourense

Beade, Ourense

Beade is a small municipality in Ourense in the Galicia region of north-west Spain....

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Beata or Beate is a woman's given name that comes from the Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 beatus, meaning "happy" or "blessed". It can also be the short-form of Beatrix

Beatrix

Beatrix is a Latin name. It is a feminine form of the late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller". It was also a common name amongst early Christians, though the spelling was altered by association with the Latin beatus, meaning "blessed"....

 or Beatrice.

This name is derived from same Latin word as the concept of Beatification

Beatification

Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...

, of major importance in the Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 religion. However, in modern usage, the name is not taken as having a special religious significance, nor is it restricted to people of Catholic background.

Famous people named Beata

• Beata Onefater, Former World Latin American Ballroom Dance Champion - http://www.beataone.com
• Beata Beatrix
  Beata Beatrix
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  's depiction of Beatrice Portinari
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• Beate Bühler
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• Beata Pozniak
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• Beate Uhse-Rotermund
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• Beata Kaczmarska
  Beata Kaczmarska
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  , Polish race walker
• Beate Klarsfeld, Nazi hunter
• Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian born woman who drafted the article on the equality of women and men, and women's civil rights in Japan's constitution mandated by the Potsdam Declaration
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• Dr Beata Cybulska, London-based forensic expert, specialising in sexual assault.
• Beata Sabina Straas
  Beata Sabina Straas
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   (died 1773), aka Madame Åberg, Swedish actress
• Elsa Beata Bunge
  Elsa Beata Bunge
  Elsa Beata Bunge was a Swedish, botanist, writer and noble.Elsa Beata was the daughter of statesman and noble, baron Fabian Wrede, and Katarina Charlotta Sparre. In 1761, she married the statesman Count Sven Bunge...
  
  , Swedish botanist