When did Saint Elizabeth of Portugal become a saint?

Answer 1

St. Elizabeth of Portugal was a queen in Portugal whose son is Don Afonso. St. Elizabeth often settled quarrels between her husband and her son. She always extended a helping hand to the poor. Legend has it that her husband didnt like that she was giving food to the poor and one day he caught her sneaking out to give food and demanded to know what was in her apron. She simply replied that it was flowers and when he told her to drop the apron flowers fell from the apron instead of the food she was going to give to the poor.

Answer 2

I am doing a report on St. Elizabeth, and the research i came up with was that she helped the poor and was a successful peacemaker. Shes also knows for prayer and kindness. Don't quote me on that, im not sure if its correct, but this is the info i came up with.
I am doing Saint Isabella or Portugal as my saint. One of the strong reasons she became a saint is because of her kind heart and caring soul. She put the poor before herself and always found a way for peace in family and the world. She is the Patron of many things, but the one thing that really impressed me is her longing for peace.

Answer 3

Elizabeth is not a patron saint of Portugal. That honor belongs to:
Anthony of Padua
Francis Borgia
Gabriel the Archangel
George
John de Brito
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Vincent of Saragossa

Answer 4

St. Elizabeth of Portugal [Santa Isabel de Portugal, 1271-July 4, 1336] was known throughout her life for her unfailing kindness, her peacemaking abilities, her devotion to God, and her concern for the less fortunate. At the age of 12, she married King Denis [Dinis, Diniz] [October 9, 1261-January 7, 1325] of Portugal. Although he was unfaithful to her, he respected her compassion and wisdom. Known as the troubadour king, he wrote many verses lovingly praising her virtues.

Elizabeth personally cared for the sick and dying, including lepers, even though the law prohibited lepers from approaching her residence to protect her from the disease. Elizabeth arranged for lepers to enter her residence privately by a secluded door. One Good Friday a leper, mistakenly appearing at the main entrance, was hit on the head with a stick by the doorkeeper. When Elizabeth learned of the beating, she arranged to have the bleeding leper brought to her. She cleaned and applied egg white to his wound and then bandaged it. The next day the leper's wound was completely healed.

Elizabeth may have had a healing touch. But modern doctors commend her possible medical knowledge of the blood clotting protein in egg whites. Centuries later in 1779 Elizabeth was chosen as the patron saint of the Portuguese Academy of Sciences.

Another telling aspect of Elizabeth's saintly ways was her understanding of architecture and engineering, which she used for charitable purposes. She directly supervised the construction of a number of buildings, including a Convent for the Poor Clare nuns, a residence for herself alongside the convent, a hospital, and an orphanage. Her buildings, which have a unique style that immediately is identifiable to twentieth century scholars, have been labelled as the 'isabeline' architectural style.

No description of Elizabeth would be complete without mentioning her peacemaking abilities. When her son, Afonso [King Afonso IV, February 8, 1291-May 28, 1357], declared war on his father in 1323 for perceived favoritism of Afonso's illegitimate half brother, Afonso Sanches [1289-1329], Elizabeth was able to reconcile them.

Peacemaking was one of Elizabeth's final deeds and caused her death from a fever. After her husband's death on January 7, 1325, Elizabeth retired to the Convent of the Poor Clares [known today as the Monastery of Santa Clara, Mosteiro de Santa Clara] that she had founded at Coimbra in central Portugal in 1314.

But in 1336 her son, King Afonso IV, led his troops to Estremoz Castle in the Alentejo Region in southern Portugal to battle his son-in-law, King Alfonso XI of Castile [August 13, 1311-March 26/27, 1350], for his unfaithfulness to Afonso IV's sister, Maria. At age 65, Elizabeth left the convent to travel around 155 miles [255 kilometers] to Estremoz. She succeeded in bringing peace between her son and her grandson-in-law. But the exertion proved too much for her. She succumbed to a fever while staying at Estremoz Castle.

Answer 5

Elizabeth has no miracles ascribed to her. However, God did perform a miracle in her favor. Her husband was angry with her for always taking food from their table to give to the poor. One day she was leaving home with a shawl full of bread. Her husband stopped her and told her to show what she was carrying. When she opened her shawl, rose fell out. The bread had disappeared.

Answer 6

Elizabeth was canonized May 25, 1625, by Pope Urban VIII.

Answer 7

She turned bread into roses.

Answer 8

May 25th 1625 by pope urban VIII.

Answer 9

No, she died of natural causes.

Answer 10

Elizabeth died of natural causes.