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About St. Elizabeth of Hungary
1207 – 1231 · Feast November 17 · Royal / Tertiary / Widow
Hungarian princess (1207-1231), daughter of King Andrew II, married at 14 to Louis IV of Thuringia; widowed at 20, became a Franciscan tertiary at Marburg under Conrad of Marburg, gave away her wealth, and died at 24 nursing the poor in the hospital she founded. Canonized 1235 by Gregory IX.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary is the patron saint of Bakers, Homeless, Beggars, Brides, Charities, Hospitals and Widows.
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