Saint’s Corner

St. Elizabeth of Hungary

    Elizabeth was born in 1207 to the king and queen of Hungary.  At a young age, she married Louis, the son of the Landgrave Herman of Thuringia. Elizabeth was known for great works of charity. When there was a famine in the land she exhausted her entire treasury and distributed her whole store of corn to those who were hardest hit. Elizabeth had a hospital built at the foot of the castle so that the poor and infirm could be better cared for. She would often tend them herself by serving meals, making beds, and doing whatever else was necessary. It is said that she fed 900 daily at her expense, she helped care for numerous orphans, and is responsible for building a second hospital.