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DAILY SAINTS I July 4 I St Elizabeth of Portugal, Queen

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St Elizabeth of Portugal, Queen
(Jan 4, 1271 Spain - July 4, 1336 Portugal)

Elizabeth was only 12, when she became the wife of King Denis of Portugal. She set up hostels for pilgrims and travelers, provided for the poor, established dowries for poor girls, founded a hospital and a house for penitent women at Torres Novas, and built an orphanage. Her husband was notoriously unfaithful to her, but she bore all this with patience. She even looked after his illegitimate children as if they were her own. She had two children of her own. St. Elizabeth became the peacemaker and several times reconciled her son to the father. Through her efforts, war was averted between Castile and Aragon. After her husband’s death in 1325, she became a Franciscan tertiary and died the age of 66. She was canonized by Urban VIII in 1625.

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