St. Elizabeth Of Hungary Ceramic Plaque
Item Number: 13164
[1207-1231], widow of a king, spent the remaining years of her life in voluntary poverty and in acts of extraordinary charity. She is a suitable patron for those living in humble circumstances during their latter years. She is also patron of bakers, young brides, widows, the homeless, nursing services, of the death of children and of those falsely accused. Her symbols are two crowns, roses and a basket of food for the poor and sick. Her feast is November 17.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 11/17
Tridentine Calendar - 11/17
Patron Of:
Bakers, Countesses, Falsely Accused, Nursing Services, Tertiaries
Profile
Princess, the daughter of King Andrew of Hungary. Great-aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal. She married Prince Louis of Thuringa at age 13. Built a hospital at the foot of the mountain on which her castle stood; tended to the sick herself. Her family and courtiers opposed this, but she insisted she could only follow Christ's teachings, not theirs. Once when she was taking food to the poor and sick, Prince Louis stopped her and looked under her mantle to see what she was carrying; the food had been miraculously changed to roses. Upon Louis' death, Elizabeth sold all that she had, and worked to support her four children. Her gifts of bread to the poor, and of a large gift of grain to a famine stricken Germany, led to her patronage of bakers and related fields.
Born
1207 at Presburg, Hungary
Died
1231 at Marburg of natural causes; her relics, including her skull wearing a gold crown she had worn in life, are preserved at the convent of Saint Elizabeth in Vienna, Austria
Canonized
27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX at Perugia, Italy
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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