St.+Elizabeth

St. Elizabeth The patron of hospitals

Before life She was a princess of Hungary. At age thriteen she married Prince Louis. Making Change St. Elizabeth her castle stood on a steep rock,bulit a hospital at the foot of a mountain. She fed the poor and sick daily and attended to sick and hurt with her own hands. The people who loved her called her "Dear Saint Elizabeth". When the ladies of the castle tried to stop her she said that she was preparing for her judgement. When she died she wanted to be able to say to Jesus that "Jesus, when You were hungry, I gave You somthing to eat; when You had nothing to put on, I clothed You; when You were sick, I visited You, because You said that in doing these things for the poor, so I did them for You. I beg You to be kind to me." The things that she did for the poor she claims she that she did them for Jesus.

After Life After her husband died Elizabeth was left four kids. She gave her money to the poor, she worked to suport her family Elizabeth died in 1302 at the age of 24 Her last words were "O Mary come to help me

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Picture book of Saints

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