"How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!"
- St Elizabeth of Hungary
"As in heaven Your will is punctually performed, so may it be done on earth by all creatures, particularly in me and by me."
- St Elizabeth of Hungary
Birth: 7 July 1207 Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia)
Death: 17 November 1231 Marburg, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Hesse, Germany)
Canonized: 27 May 1235, Perugia, Italy by Pope Gregory IX
Feast Day: 17 November
Patron Saint of bakers, beggars, nursing homes, brides, charitable workers, countesses, falsely accused people, hospitals, in-law problems, people ridiculed for piety, toothaches, widows, and more.
