Nov 17 - “Sts. Elizabeth and Louis” © icon by Robert Gerwing. Happy Feast Day St. Elizabeth!
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St. Elizabeth of Hungary, princess of Hungary whose devotion to the poor (for whom she relinquished her wealth) made her an enduring symbol of Christian charity, of which she is a patron saint.
The daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, she was betrothed in infancy to Louis IV, son of Hermann I, landgrave of Thuringia, at whose court she was brought up. The marriage, which occurred when Louis succeeded his father in 1221, proved to be ideal but brief. Louis died in 1227 of plague at Otranto, Italy, en route to the Sixth Crusade. No longer caring for position or wealth, she joined the Third Order of St. Francis, a lay Franciscan group. At Marburg she built a hospice for the poor and sick, to whose service she devoted the rest of her life. She died before her 24th birthday in 1231 and was canonized just four years later.
Her feast day is November 17. His death: Sept.11
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