Saint elizabeth

A holy card printed in 1907 for the 700th anniversary of the birth of St. Elisabeth of Hungary. (Thanks to my daughter who gave me this treasure after finding it in a village flea market during her recent trip to Italy.) St. Elisabeth of Hungary (Szent Erzsébet in Hungarian; Heilige Elisabeth in German) lived a short life (only to the age of 24), but she made such an impact that she was canonized by the Catholic Church only four years after her death. She was born over 800 years ago, but we…

Explore the collection of icons of women saints at Monastery Icons such as this Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Icon.

July 4, Saint Elizabeth, widow, Queen of Portugal.

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, increase in us care and concern for the poor!

Feast Day - April 29 Catherine was the 23rd child of Jacopo and Lapa Benincasa and grew up as an intelligent, cheerful and intensely religious person. Catherine disappointed her mother by cutting off her hair as a protest against being overly encouraged to improve her appearance in order to attract a husband. Her father ordered her to be left in peace and she was given a room of her own for prayer and meditation. She entered the Dominican Third Order at 18 and spent the next three years in…

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was born into an Episcopalian family, in New York’s high society, on August 28, 1774. Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley, was a renowned professor at Columbia College, and her mother, Catherine Charlton, was the daughter of an Anglican minister. She died when Elizabeth was three, leaving her and two other young

St. Elizabeth was born in 1207, the daughter of King Alexander II of Hungary. At the age of four she was sent for education to the court of the Landgrave of Thuringia, to whose infant son she was betrothed. As she grew in age, her piety also increased by leaps and bounds. In 1221, she […]

Details of the two A.J.Davies windows from the nave of the chapel. In March 2015 work began on the demolition of the Victorian chapel at Leicester Royal Infirmary, the controversial action being the first stage in an expansion of the present hospital complex. Sadly the chapel was deemed to be in the way of these plans and sacrificed, but fortunately all the stained glass windows were rescued from the building before work began. The windows were removed by Norgrove Studios of Redditch, where…

St Elizabeth of the Trinity

November 17 is the memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. St. Elizabeth of Hungary was known for her great kindness and charity towards the poor and the sick. Legend has it that she was carrying some bread to the poor in secret when her husband stopped her and asked what she was doing. She opened her apron (where she was hiding the bread) but the bread had turned into roses. This statue is in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Superior, WI.

Saint of the day: St. Elizabeth of Portugal - Catholic News Agency

5 Women Sanctified Through Their Maternity - I love reading the lives of the Saints – at least the ones that seem like ordinary and relatable people – and t

https://flic.kr/p/duBUFh | St Matthew's, Coates, Cirencester | St Elizabeth of Hungary

March 30 - The Meeting of the Mother of God and Saint Elizabeth

Saint Elisabeth (Thuringia) Prayer Card. #stElisabeth #stElisabethofthuringia #saintElisabeth