Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Elizabeth.
Queen of Portugal.
Widow.
Feast Day 8 July.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
The Church exhorts us, today, to praise God for The Holy Works of Blessed Elizabeth [Invitatory of Matins]. A daughter of Peter II, King of Aragon, she inherited the name and virtues of her Great-Aunt, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
Her father, seeing her Holiness, used to say that she would surpass all other women of Royal Race (Epistle, Communion). She married Denis I, King of Portugal.
She had received the prerogative of re-establishing Peace, where there had been divisions, and of mitigating the fury of War (Collect). When she became a widow, she took The Habit of The Third Order of Saint Francis, distributed her riches and acquired, at this price, The Precious Pearl and The Hidden Treasure of Life Everlasting (Gospel).
She died at Estremos, Portugal, in 1336, and her body has remained incorrupt.
Mass: Cognóvi.
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Elizabeth of Aragon, more commonly known as Elizabeth of Portugal, (Third Order of Saint Francis, T.O.S.F.) (1271 – 1336); "Elisabet" in Catalan, "Isabel" in Aragonese, Portuguese, and Spanish, was Queen Consort of Portugal, a Tertiary of The Franciscan Order and is Venerated as a Saint of The Roman Catholic Church.
Elizabeth showed an early enthusiasm for her Faith. She said the full Divine Office, daily, Fasted, and did other Penance, as well as attended twice-daily Choral Masses. Religious fervour was common in her family, as she could count several members of her family who were already Venerated as Saints. The most notable example is her Great-Aunt, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, (Third Order of Saint Francis, T.O.S.F.), after whom she was named.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
(Santa Isabel de Portugal),
Artist: Francisco de Zurbarán
Date: Circa 1635.
Current location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Source: http://www.museodelprado.es/uploads/tx_gbobras/P01239.jpg
Author: Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664).
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Flag of Portugal, created by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
(1857-1929), officially adopted by The Portuguese Government on 30 June 1911.
Deutsch: Flagge Portugals, entworfen von Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
(1857-1929), offiziell von der portugiesischen Regierung
am 30. Juni 1911 als Staatsflagge angenommen (in
Verwendung bereits seit ungefähr November 1910).
Hrvatski: Zastava Portugala
Date: 1901.
Source: http://jorgesampaio.arquivo.presidencia.pt/
pt/republica/simbolos/bandeiras/index.html
Author: Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1910; generic design);
Vítor Luís Rodrigues; António Martins-Tuválkin
(2004; this specific vector set: see sources).
Permission: The original of this set was contracted by
the Portuguese Presidential Office in June 2004 to
Vítor Luís Rodrigues and António Martins-Tuválkin.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Her father, seeing her Holiness, used to say that she would surpass all other women of Royal Race (Epistle, Communion). She married Denis I, King of Portugal.
She had received the prerogative of re-establishing Peace, where there had been divisions, and of mitigating the fury of War (Collect). When she became a widow, she took The Habit of The Third Order of Saint Francis, distributed her riches and acquired, at this price, The Precious Pearl and The Hidden Treasure of Life Everlasting (Gospel).
She died at Estremos, Portugal, in 1336, and her body has remained incorrupt.
Mass: Cognóvi.
Stained-Glass Window depicting Saint Maria Cervelló, Saint Eulália and Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Photo: 10 February 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jbribeiro1
Attribution: © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC-BY-SA-3.0
(Wikimedia Commons)
Elizabeth of Aragon, more commonly known as Elizabeth of Portugal, (Third Order of Saint Francis, T.O.S.F.) (1271 – 1336); "Elisabet" in Catalan, "Isabel" in Aragonese, Portuguese, and Spanish, was Queen Consort of Portugal, a Tertiary of The Franciscan Order and is Venerated as a Saint of The Roman Catholic Church.
Elizabeth showed an early enthusiasm for her Faith. She said the full Divine Office, daily, Fasted, and did other Penance, as well as attended twice-daily Choral Masses. Religious fervour was common in her family, as she could count several members of her family who were already Venerated as Saints. The most notable example is her Great-Aunt, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, (Third Order of Saint Francis, T.O.S.F.), after whom she was named.
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