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- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
- Fast, concise facts and information
- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal: July 8
- Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
- Date of Birth: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal was born 1271
- Date of Death: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal died 1336
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The Story and History of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
The story and history of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal. Elizabeth was born in 1271. She was daughter of Pedro III. of Arragon, being named after her aunt, St. Elizabeth of Hungary. At twelve years of age she was given in marriage to Denis, King of Portugal, and from a holy child became a saintly wife. She heard Mass and recited the Divine Office daily, but her devotions were arranged with such prudence that they interfered with no duty of her state. She prepared for her frequent communions by severe austerities, fasting thrice a week, and by heroic works of charity. She was several times called on to make peace between her husband and her son Alphonso, who had taken up arms against him. Her husband tried her much, both by his unfounded jealousy and by his infidelity to herself. A slander affecting Elizabeth and one of her pages made the king determine to slay the youth, and he told a lime-burner to cast into his kiln the first page who should arrive with a royal message. On the day fixed the page was sent; but the boy, who was in the habit of hearing Mass daily, stopped on his way to do so. The king, in suspense, sent a second page, the very originator of the calumny, who, coming first to the kiln, was at once cast into the furnace and burned. Shortly after, the first page arrived from the church, and took back to the king the lime-burner's reply that his orders had been fulfilled. Thus hearing Mass saved the page's life and proved the queen's innocence. Her patience, and the wonderful sweetness with which she even cherished the children of her rivals, completely won the king from his evil ways, and he became a devoted husband and a truly Christian king. She built many charitable institutions and religious houses, among others a convent of Poor Clares. After her husband's death, she wished to enter their Order; but being dissuaded by her people, who could not do without her, she took the habit of the Third Order of St. Francis, and spent the rest of her life in redoubled austerities and almsgiving. She died at the age of sixty-five, while in the act of making peace between her children. Feast Day of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
The Feast Day of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal is July 8. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven. |
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal- Short, concise biography of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal - July 8
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 1336
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
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