At the Benedictine Sister of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri,

you can find the relics of St. Beatrice, VM (shown above in a wax figure). The relics were brought from Rome by the spiritual father & founder of the community in the early 1900's. Her brothers, Sts. Simplicius & Faustinus had been tortured & beheaded for their faith in the year 304. St. Beatrice recovered their bodies from the Tiber River, and a few months later was exposed as a Catholic and was strangled when she refused to sacrifice to the gods.
      The convent is in "the middle of nowhere", about 3 hours northeast of Kansas City, Missouri. This relic is one of many in the large relic chapel on the grounds. Unfortunately, the chapel is largely ignored by the nuns, although they state they rever the saints.

Shown on the left is a large reliquary of the Martyrs of Trier.

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