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Elizabeth of Hungary
Elizabeth of Hungary | |
|---|---|
 Elizabeth of Hungary by Simone Martini | |
| Born | 7 July 1207 Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia) |
| Died | 17 November 1231 (aged 24) Marburg, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Hesse, Germany) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism |
| Canonized | 27 May 1235[1][2][3], Perugia, Italy by Pope Gregory IX |
| Major shrine | St Elisabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia
St. Elizabeth Church, Marburg, Germany |
| Feast | 17 November 19 November (General Roman Calendar of 1960)[4] |
| Attributes | Roses, crown, food basket |
| Patronage | hospitals; nurses; falsely accused people; bakers; brides; countesses; dying children; exiles; homeless people; lace-makers; widows; Bogotá, Colombia; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro; Teutonic Order; Third Order of Saint Francis; Budapest, Hungary and Košice, Slovakia[5] |
Elizabeth of Hungary (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, Slovak: Svätá Alžbeta Uhorská; 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231), also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia.
Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death, she regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital where she herself served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity after her death in 1231 at the age of 24 and was canonized on 25 May 1235. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was an early member of the Third Order of St. Francis, and is today honored as its patroness.
- ^ Wolf, Kenneth Baxter, ed. (24 November 2010). The Life and Afterlife of St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Testimony from her Canonization Hearings. Oxford University Press. p. x. ISBN 9780199732586. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ Hackett, Mary, ed. (1848). The life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Dutchess of Thuringia. p. 244. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ Paolo Bonavoglia. "Perpetual calendar". Astro.bonavoglia.eu. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), p. 108
- ^ Teraz.sk (1970-01-01). "VIDEO: Patrónkou Košíc bude sv. Alžbeta Uhorská, potvrdil to Vatikán". TERAZ.sk. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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