AUGUST 19 SAINT LOUIS OF TOULOUSE
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Born to the nobility, the son of Charles II of Anjou, king of Naples. Great-nephew of Saint Louis IX, and of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Grew up in Provence (in modern France). Spent seven years as a hostage for his father at Barcelona and Tarragona in Spain. Ordained at age 23. Friar Minor. Reluctant bishop of Toulouse, France for the last six months of his life.
Born
9 February 1274 at Nocera, Italy
Died
19 August 1297 at Brignolles, Italy of natural causes
some relics in Valencia, Spain
some relics in the Franciscan church of the Cordeliers in Marseille, France
Canonized
7 April 1317 by Pope John XXII
Patronage
against fatigue
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Naples, Italy
Valencia, Spain
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, California
Toulouse, France
Representation
boy bishop
young bishop with a crown by his feet
young man in pontifical garments and holding a book and a crosier

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