Elizabeth of Hungary

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary TOSF
Elizabeth of Hungary by Simone Martini
Born	7 July 1207 Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia)
Died	17 November 1231(1231-11-17) (aged 24) Marburg, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Hesse, Germany)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism
Canonized	27 May 1235[1][2][3], Perugia, Italy by Pope Gregory IX
Major shrine	St Elisabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia St. Elizabeth Church, Marburg, Germany
Feast	17 November 19 November (General Roman Calendar of 1960)[4]
Attributes	Roses, crown, food basket
Patronage	hospitals; nurses; falsely accused people; bakers; brides; countesses; dying children; exiles; homeless people; lace-makers; widows; Bogotá, Colombia; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro; Teutonic Order; Third Order of Saint Francis; Budapest, Hungary and Košice, Slovakia[5]

Elizabeth of Hungary (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, Slovak: Svätá Alžbeta Uhorská; 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231), also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia.

Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death, she regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital where she herself served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity after her death in 1231 at the age of 24 and was canonized on 25 May 1235. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was an early member of the Third Order of St. Francis, and is today honored as its patroness.