ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 22nd of January
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ELISABETH OF AUSTRIA, QUEEN OF FRANCE
Elisabeth (Austriaca) was the daughter of Emperor Maximilian II and the biological sister of Rudolph II and Matthias.
FROM HER YOUTH SHE LOVED PRAYER
From her tender youth she loved prayer, and always got up at midnight to devote herself to prayer.
WORKS OF MERCY
After her fifteenth year she was married to King Charles IX of France, who died prematurely, whereupon the pious widow went back to Austria, founded a convent in Vienna and lived in a house adjoining the convent as a sister of the third order. Feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, giving gifts to the poor, visiting and caring for the sick, comforting the afflicted - apart from the hours of actual prayer, her whole occupation was here. She ended her godly life in 1592, when she was 37 years old. [She died of pleurisy.]
Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858
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