Saint Elisabeth of Hungary (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen or Heilige Elisabeth von Ungarn, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, July 7, 1207 – November 17, 1231) was a princess of Hungary and a Catholic saint, celebrated mainly in Germany and Hungary. According to tradition, she was born in the castle of Sárospatak, Hungary, on July 7, 1207. She was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Andechs-Merania, and at age four was brought to the court of the rulers of Thuringia in Central Germany, to become a future bride who would reinforce political alliances between the families. Elisabeth was married at the age of fourteen, widowed at twenty, relinquished her wealth to the poor, built hospitals, and became a symbol of Christian charity in Germany and elsewhere af
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| - Saint Elisabeth of Hungary (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen or Heilige Elisabeth von Ungarn, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, July 7, 1207 – November 17, 1231) was a princess of Hungary and a Catholic saint, celebrated mainly in Germany and Hungary. According to tradition, she was born in the castle of Sárospatak, Hungary, on July 7, 1207. She was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Andechs-Merania, and at age four was brought to the court of the rulers of Thuringia in Central Germany, to become a future bride who would reinforce political alliances between the families. Elisabeth was married at the age of fourteen, widowed at twenty, relinquished her wealth to the poor, built hospitals, and became a symbol of Christian charity in Germany and elsewhere af
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| - hospitals, nurses, bakers, brides, countesses, dying children, exiles, homeless people, lacemakers, tertiaries and widows
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| - Marburg, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire
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| - Elisabeth of Hungary
- Princess Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
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| - (by Edmund Blair Leighton )
- The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
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| - Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen; Szent Erzsébet
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| - Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary
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| - Saint Elisabeth of Hungary (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen or Heilige Elisabeth von Ungarn, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, July 7, 1207 – November 17, 1231) was a princess of Hungary and a Catholic saint, celebrated mainly in Germany and Hungary. According to tradition, she was born in the castle of Sárospatak, Hungary, on July 7, 1207. She was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Andechs-Merania, and at age four was brought to the court of the rulers of Thuringia in Central Germany, to become a future bride who would reinforce political alliances between the families. Elisabeth was married at the age of fourteen, widowed at twenty, relinquished her wealth to the poor, built hospitals, and became a symbol of Christian charity in Germany and elsewhere after her death at the age of twenty-four.
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