Saint of today, July 4th, We celebrate St Elizabeth

🕊SAINT OF THE DAY​

​Patron Saint of​:

✩charitable societies,

✩charitableworkers,

✩charities,

✩difficult marriages,

✩falsely accused people,

✩invoked in time of war,

✩peace,

✩queens,

✩tertiaries,

✩victims of adultery,

✩victims of jealousy,

✩victims of unfaithfulness,

✩widows,

✩against jealousy &

✩brides.

Elizabeth was a Spanish princess who was married to King Denis of Portugal at the age of twelve. She was very beautiful and very lovable. She was also very devout, and went to Mass every day. Even though her husband was unfaithful, she prayed that he would have a change of heart. Elizabeth became a saintly wife. St.Elizabeth gave her King two children, a daughter, Constance and a son Afonso.

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal dedicated her life to the poor. Her charitable works were outstanding. She founded institutions for the sick, for travelers, for wayward women, for abandoned infants. She established a convent for nuns and provided dowries for poor brides. This gentle woman was also a peacemaker between members of her own family and between nations.

Her husband Dennis died in 1325, before that he apologized to her. Elizabeth lived eleven more years and died on July 4, 1336, at the age of sixty-five. She was buried at Coimbra, Portugal, and after her death, many miracles took place ather tomb. St.Elizabeth was canonized: May 25, 1625 by Pope Urban VIII.