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Beatrice (/ ˈ b iː (ə) t r ɪ s / BEE-(ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe]) [1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice , which came from the Latin Beatrix , which means "blessed one".
Bea, Beata, Beate, Beatrice, Béatrice, Beatriz, Trix, Trixie Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from Viatrix , a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word beatus or "blessed". [ 8 ]
Beatriz (Spanish: [be.aˈtɾiθ], Portuguese: [bi.ɐˈtɾiʃ]) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings others happiness'. [1]
God entered English when the language still had a system of grammatical gender.The word and its cognates were initially neutral but underwent transition when their speakers converted to Christianity, "as a means of distinguishing the personal God of the Christians from the impersonal divine powers acknowledged by pagans."
names containing El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of Baal. names containing Yah, a shortened form of Yahweh. names referring to Levantine deities (especially the storm god, Hadad) by the epithet Baal, meaning lord.
Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari [1] (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe portiˈnaːri]; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova, and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as his guide in the last book of his narrative poem the Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia), Paradiso, and during the ...
The name Beatrice is the Italian form of Beatrix which likely comes from the Latin viator meaning voyager or traveller. [7] [8] Beatrice also means "she who blesses" or "blesser" in Latin. [9] This meaning is especially relevant given that the name Benedick means "blessed". [10]
In 1062, Beatrice tried to stop the Antipope Honorius II from reaching Rome. [10] In 1069, Godfrey died. [10] Matilda was of age, yet Beatrice continued to exercise government in her name until the day she died. On 29 August 1071, Beatrice and her daughter, Matilda, founded the monastery Frassinoro at the Apennine pass of Foce della Radici. [11]