Senorina

Saint Senhorinha (Senorina) of Basto, born around 942 and reposed in 982, was a Benedictine abbess in what is today northern Portugal. She was related to Saint Rudesind of Mondoñedo. She is thought to have been born into the noble Sousa family as Domitilla or Genoveva. She was raised by her aunt, Abbess Godinha, at the convent of Saint John of Vieira, joined the Benedictines herself and succeeded her aunt as abbess. Later she moved the convent from Vieira to Basto near Braga, for the spiritual development of her community.

Senhorinha was canonized in 1130 by Paio Mendes, archbishop of Braga, at a time when bishops had the authority to canonize in their dioceses. Her feast is recorded in Portuguese calendars from the thirteenth century; her shrine at Basto was a pilgrimage destination in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, among the pilgrims being King Sancho I of Portugal. She is commemorated on 22 April (new style; 5 May in the old style).