Elizabeth was a lifelong friend of the poor and gave herself entirely to
relieving the hungry. She ordered that one of her castle should be
converted into a hospital in which she gathered many of the weak and
feeble. She generously gave alms
to all who were in need, not only in that place but in all the
territories of her husband’s empire. She spent all her own revenue from
her husband’s four principalities, and finally she sold her luxurious
possessions and rich clothes for the sake of the poor. (Conrad of Marburg, her confessor)
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The Charity of St Elizabeth, Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1611
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The Prayer Book of St Elizabeth of Hungary, 1220
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