St. Elizabeth Pewter Wall Cross

St. Elizabeth Pewter Wall Cross
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Product Details
H x W:	5" (12.7 cm) x 3 1/2" (8.89 cm)

Our Description

The beautiful pewter wall cross is 5 in. x 3 1/2 in. In the center is a medallion with St. Elizabeth in high relief. Above is the Holy Spirit, on the left arm of the cross is the symbol of the Lamb of God, and on the right arm is the Bible. Comes in a gift box with the "Prayer to St. Elizabeth."

St. Elizabeth Of Hungary

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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