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Cover of: Die heilige Elisabeth von Ungarn, Landgräfin von Thüringen und Hessen
Die heilige Elisabeth von Ungarn, Landgräfin von Thüringen und Hessen: ein Lebensbild
1986, R. und N. Benzinger
Microform in German
Cover of: The life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Thuringia
Cover of: Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
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The life of Saint Elizabeth
1886, P.J. Kenedy
in English - 2nd American ed.
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The Life of Saint Elizabeth
1886, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
in English - 2nd American ed.
Cover of: Die heilige Elisabeth von Ungarn landgräfen von Thüringen und Hessen
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Geschichte der heiligen Elisabeth von Ungarn, Landgräfin von Thüringen und Hessen, 1207-1231
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CONTENTS
Translator's Preface 1
Introduction 15
I. Thuringia under the Reign of Duke Hermann ; Hungary under that of King Andrew ; Birth of Dear St. Elizabeth, and her Removal to Eisenach 125
II. How Dear St. Elizabeth honored God in her Childhood 138
III. How Dear St. Elizabeth had to suffer for God beforeher Marriage 144
IV. The Young Duke Louis remains Faithful to Dear St. Elizabeth ; their Marriage 150
V. The Duke Louis, Dear St. Elizabeth's Husband, is pleasing to God and Men 156
VI. The Duke Louis and Dear St. Elizabeth live together before God in the Holy Sacrament of Marriage 163
VII. Dear St. Elizabeth's Self-Mortifications 169
VIII. St. Elizabeth's Great Charity and her Love of Poverty 177
IX. The Great Devotion and Humility of Dear St. Elizabeth 188
X. How St. Elizabeth became known to the Glorious St. Francis; his Affectionate Regard for her; Master Conrad of Marburg chosen as her Director 197
XI. The Graces which were manifested by our Lord in the Person of Dear St. Elizabeth 209
XII. How the Good Duke Louis protected his Poor People 219
XIII. Thuringia devastated by a Great Scarcity; Dear St Elizabeth practises all the Works of Mercy 225
XIV. Return Home of the Duke Louis; he renders Full Justice to his Dear Monks of Reinhartsbrunn 235
XV. The Duke Louis assumes the Cross ; his Great Grief at parting with his Friends, his Family, and Dear St. Elizabeth 242
XVI. Death of the Duke Louis on his Way to the Holy Land 259
XVII. Elizabeth hears of the Death of her Husband; her Great Anguish and Tribulation 265
XVUI. Dear St. Elizabeth is driven from her Castle with her Little Children and reduced to Extreme Misery ; the Great Ingratitude and Cruelty of Men towards her 270
XIX. The Most Merciful Jesus consoles Dear St. Elizabeth in her Misery and Destitution; the Most Sweet and Clement Virgin Mary comes to instruct and to fortify her 280
XX. Elizabeth refuses to marry a Second Time, and consecrates her Nuptial Robe to Jesus, the Spouse of her Soul 295
XXI. Dear St. Elizabeth receives the Remains of her dearly Loved Husband; their Burial at Reinhartsbrunn 305
XXII. The Thuringian Knights oblige the Duke Henry to repent of his Treason, and to do Justice to Dear St. Elizabeth 310
XXIII. Dear St. Elizabeth renounces the Life of the World, and retiring to Marburg takes the Habit of the Glorious St. Francis 315
XXIV. Dear St. Elizabeth's Life of Extreme Poverty; her Increased Humility and Charity towards all Men 827
XXV. Dear St. Elizabeth refuses to return to the Kingdom of her Father, that she may be more Sure of entering into the Kingdom of Heaven 344
XXVI. Dear St. Elizabeth distributes all her Possessions among the Poor 348
XXVII. Dear St. Elizabeth learns from Master Conrad to overcome her own Will in all Things 353
XXVIII. The Lord shows forth His Power and Mercy through the Intercession of Dear St. Elizabeth ; the Wonderful Efficacy of her Prayers 364
XXIX. How Dear St. Elizabeth, at the Age of TwentyFour Years, was invited to the Eternal Nuptial 881
XXX. Dear St. Elizabeth is buried in the Chapel of her Hospital; the Little Birds of Heaven celebrate her Obsequies 389
XXXI. The Wonderful Miracles that God wrought through the Intercession of Dear St. Elizabeth; her Brother-in-Law, Duke Conrad, endeavors to secure her Canonization 394
XXXII. Canonization of Dear St. Elizabeth by Pope Gregory ; the Great Joy and Veneration of the Faithful of Germany at the Exaltation of her Sacred Relics at Marburg 409
XXXIII. As to what became of the Children and Relations of Dear St. Elizabeth after her Death; the Many Great Saints who sprang from her Race 435
XXXIV. The Beautiful Church that was built at Marburg in Honor of Dear St. Elizabeth; the Profanation of her Precious Relics; Conclusion of the History 455
APPENDIX
Index of Historical Sources:
I. Prints 484
II. Manuscripts 488
Genealogical Table 492

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BX4700.E4 M7

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OL25880814M
Internet Archive
LifeOfStElizabethOfHungary
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04031073
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3462017

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