Elizabeth of Hungary

(Élisabeth Sonrel) (link)

Feast Day November 17

Patron of Charitable Workers, Bakers, Widows, The Homeless

Situations Charity, Poverty, Widowhood

Professions Bakers, Charitable Workers, Nurses

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary was a princess who devoted her short life to serving the poor and sick. Born in 1207, she was married at fourteen to Ludwig IV of Thuringia. After her husband’s death on Crusade, she gave away her possessions and devoted herself entirely to charitable works, founding a hospital. She died at just twenty-four years of age.