Memorial of Elizabeth of Hungary, religious
Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew of Hungary, and she was the Great-aunt of St. Elizabeth of Portugal. She married Prince Louis at age 13. Elizabeth built a hospital at the foot of the mountain on which her castle stood, and tended to the sick herself.
Her family and courtiers opposed this, but she insisted that she must follow Christ's teachings. 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.
In memory of my paternal grandmother
2 comments:
What a lovely story. I never heard it before. What a wonderful, g-dly example.
Laini
Hello Pam,
Just sitting here thinking of you and your family and asking the Lord to wrap his arms of love and gentle understanding about you all.
Alberta LORI
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