Tau PublishingSaint Elizabeth of Hungary
A Story of Twenty-Four Years
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-227-1
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-852-5
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-853-2
- Pages
- 270
- Size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound second edition, April 2014 (© 1954)
- Language
- English
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About this book
This is indeed “a story of twenty-four years”: the brief, shining years of the saint of the “miracle of the roses,” St. Elizabeth of Hungary, patroness of the Third Order of St. Francis.
Set against the turbulent background of the thirteenth century, it is a life full of contrasts. Brought up in a palace, Elizabeth chose at last to live in the poorest of dwellings, ministering tenderly and fearlessly to lepers, the sick and the poor. Loved greatly by her young husband and returning his love, she was at once the ideal wife and mother and the deeply dedicated saint of God.
Nesta de Robeck, who made her home in Florence and Assisi, drew on the chief early sources, which are included in the appendix: the depositions of Elizabeth’s handmaids, the letters of Conrad of Marburg, and the bull of canonization.
Inside
- Preface
- Seven chapters: The World of Elizabeth, The Child, Youth, The Bride, The Widow, The Saint, The Glory
- Appendix: The Relations of the Four Handmaids, letters of Conrad of Marburg, the deposition on her miracles and the bull of canonization
- Bibliography