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1986, R. und N. Benzinger
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CONTENTS.
Introduction. vii
1. How Duke Hermann reigned in Thuringia, and King Andrew in Hungary, and how the dear St. Elizabeth was born at Presbourg, and was brought to Eisenach, 1
2. How the dear St. Elizabeth honoured God in her Childhood 12
3. How the dear St. Elizabeth had to suffer for God. 18
4. How the young Louis was faithful to the dear St. Elizabeth, and how he married her 23
5. How the Duke Louis, husband of the dear St. Elizabeth, was agreeable to God and man 28
6. How the Duke Louis and the dear St. Elizabeth lived together before God in the holy state of marriage 34
7. How the dear St. Elizabeth practised the virtue of mortification 38
8. Of the great charity of the dear St. Elizabeth, and of her love of poverty 46
9. Of the great devotion and humility of the dear St. Elizabeth 54
10 How the dear St. Elizabeth was known and cherished by the glorious St. Francis, and how she had for spiritual director Master Conrad of Marbourg 61
11. How the Lord was pleased to manifest his grace in the person of the dear St. Elizabeth 72
12. How the Duke Louis protected his poor people 80
13. How a great famine devastated Thuringia, and how the dear St. Elizabeth practised all the works of mercy 85
14. How Duke Louis returned to his wife, and how he rendered true justice to his dear monks of Beinhartsbrunn, 93
15. How the good Duke Louis took up the Cross, and of the great grief wherewith he bade farewell to his friends, his family and the dear St. Elizabeth 99
16. How Duke Louis died on his way to the Holy Land 113
17. How the dear St. Elizabeth heard of the death of her husband, and of her great agony and tribulation 118
18. How the dear St. Elizabeth was driven out of her castle with her little children, and reduced to extreme misery, and of the great ingratitude of men towards her 122
19. How the All-merciful Jesus consoled the dear St. Elizabeth in her loneliness and misery, and how the sweet and most clement Virgin Mary came to instruct and fortify her
20. How the dear St. Elizabeth refused to marry a second time, and how she consecrated her wedding garments to Jesus, the spouse of her soul 143
21. How the dear St. Elizabeth received the remains of her husband, and how they were interred at Reinhartsbrunn 150
22. How the Thuringian knights made Duke Henry repent of his wickedness, and made him render ample justice to the dear St. Elizabeth 156
23. How the dear St. Elizabeth renounced the worldy life, and, retiring to Marbourg, assumed there the habit of the Order of the glorious St. Francis 160
24. Of the great poverty in which the dear St. Elizabeth lived, and how she advanced in humility and mercy towards all creatures 170
25. How the dear St. Elizabeth refused to return to her father's kingdom, in order that she might more surely enter the kingdom of Heaven 184
26. How the dear St. Elizabeth distributed all her property amongst the poor 187
27. How the dear St. Elizabeth learned from Master Conrad, how in all things to destroy self-will 191
28. How the Lord exercised his power and mercy at the intercession of the dear St. Elizabeth, and of the marvellous efficacy of her prayers 202
29. How the dear St. Elizabeth, when aged twenty-four years, was summoned to the eternal wedding-feast 217
30. How the dear St. Elizabeth was buried in the church near her Hospital, and how even the little birds of heaven celebrated her obsequies 224
31. Of the wonderful miracles obtained from God by the intercession of the dear St. Elizabeth, and how anxiously her brother-in-law, Duke Conrad, wished to have her canonized 229
32. How the dear St. Elizabeth was canonized by Pope Gregory, and of the great joy and veneration of the faithful in Germany, on the occasion of the exaltation of her relics at Marbourg 243
33. Of what became of the children and relatives of the dear St. Elizabeth after her death, and of the great saints that sprung from her race 266
34. Of the noble Church that was erected at Marbourg in honour of the dear St. Elizabeth ; and how her precious relics were profaned ; and also the conclusion of this history 283

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Dublin, Ireland
Translated From
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Mary Hackett

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OL25891885M
Internet Archive
TheLifeOfSaintElizabethOfHungary
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