ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY All Saints celebrated on the 26th of February WELCOME! SAINT ISABELLE OF FRANCE Saint Isabelle ( Isabel ) was the daughter of Louis VIII and of his wife, Blanche of Castille, born in March, 1225; died at Longchamp, February 23, 1270. PIETY AND MODESTY Saint Louis IX , King of France (1226-70), was her brother. When still a child at court, Isabelle, or Elizabeth, showed an extraordinary devotion to exercises of piety, modesty, and other virtues. By Bull of May 26, 1254, Innocent IV allowed her to retain some Franciscan fathers as her special confessors. She was even more devoted to the Franciscan Order than her royal brother. SHE WAS DETERMINED TO DEDICATE HER LIFE TO GOD She not only broke off her engagement with a count, but moreover refused the hand of Conrad, son of the German Emperor Frederick II, although pressed to accept him by everyone, even by Pope Innocent IV , who however did not hesitate subseque...