Feast Day · November 17
Elizabeth of Hungary
Patron ofCharitable Workers, Bakers, Widows, The Homeless
SituationsCharity, Poverty, Widowhood
ProfessionsBakers, Charitable Workers, Nurses
Life
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.
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