The life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Thuringia
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published: 1904
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Translator's Preface 1; title: Introduction 15; title: I. Thuringia under the Reign of Duke Hermann ; Hungary under that of King Andrew ; Birth of Dear St. Elizabeth, and her Removal to Eisenach 125; title: II. How Dear St. Elizabeth honored God in her Childhood 138; title: III. How Dear St. Elizabeth had to suffer for God beforeher Marriage 144; title: IV. The Young Duke Louis remains Faithful to Dear St. Elizabeth ; their Marriage 150; title: V. The Duke Louis, Dear St. Elizabeth's Husband, is pleasing to God and Men 156; title: VI. The Duke Louis and Dear St. Elizabeth live together before God in the Holy Sacrament of Marriage 163; title: VII. Dear St. Elizabeth's Self-Mortifications 169; title: VIII. St. Elizabeth's Great Charity and her Love of Poverty 177; title: IX. The Great Devotion and Humility of Dear St. Elizabeth 188; title: X. How St. Elizabeth became known to the Glorious St. Francis; his Affectionate Regard for her; Master Conrad of Marburg chosen as her Director 197; title: XI. The Graces which were manifested by our Lord in the Person of Dear St. Elizabeth 209; title: XII. How the Good Duke Louis protected his Poor People 219; title: XIII. Thuringia devastated by a Great Scarcity; Dear St Elizabeth practises all the Works of Mercy 225; title: XIV. Return Home of the Duke Louis; he renders Full Justice to his Dear Monks of Reinhartsbrunn 235; title: XV. The Duke Louis assumes the Cross ; his Great Grief at parting with his Friends, his Family, and Dear St. Elizabeth 242; title: XVI. Death of the Duke Louis on his Way to the Holy Land 259; title: XVII. Elizabeth hears of the Death of her Husband; her Great Anguish and Tribulation 265; title: XVUI. Dear St. Elizabeth is driven from her Castle with her Little Children and reduced to Extreme Misery ; the Great Ingratitude and Cruelty of Men towards her 270; title: XIX. The Most Merciful Jesus consoles Dear St. Elizabeth in her Misery and Destitution; the Most Sweet and Clement Virgin Mary comes to instruct and to fortify her 280; title: XX. Elizabeth refuses to marry a Second Time, and consecrates her Nuptial Robe to Jesus, the Spouse of her Soul 295; title: XXI. Dear St. Elizabeth receives the Remains of her dearly Loved Husband; their Burial at Reinhartsbrunn 305; title: XXII. The Thuringian Knights oblige the Duke Henry to repent of his Treason, and to do Justice to Dear St. Elizabeth 310; title: XXIII. Dear St. Elizabeth renounces the Life of the World, and retiring to Marburg takes the Habit of the Glorious St. Francis 315; title: XXIV. Dear St. Elizabeth's Life of Extreme Poverty; her Increased Humility and Charity towards all Men 827; title: XXV. Dear St. Elizabeth refuses to return to the Kingdom of her Father, that she may be more Sure of entering into the Kingdom of Heaven 344; title: XXVI. Dear St. Elizabeth distributes all her Possessions among the Poor 348; title: XXVII. Dear St. Elizabeth learns from Master Conrad to overcome her own Will in all Things 353; title: XXVIII. The Lord shows forth His Power and Mercy through the Intercession of Dear St. Elizabeth ; the Wonderful Efficacy of her Prayers 364; title: XXIX. How Dear St. Elizabeth, at the Age of TwentyFour Years, was invited to the Eternal Nuptial 881; title: XXX. Dear St. Elizabeth is buried in the Chapel of her Hospital; the Little Birds of Heaven celebrate her Obsequies 389; title: XXXI. The Wonderful Miracles that God wrought through the Intercession of Dear St. Elizabeth; her Brother-in-Law, Duke Conrad, endeavors to secure her Canonization 394; title: XXXII. Canonization of Dear St. Elizabeth by Pope Gregory ; the Great Joy and Veneration of the Faithful of Germany at the Exaltation of her Sacred Relics at Marburg 409; title: XXXIII. As to what became of the Children and Relations of Dear St. Elizabeth after her Death; the Many Great Saints who sprang from her Race 435; title: XXXIV. The Beautiful Church that was built at Marburg in Honor of Dear St. Elizabeth; the Profanation of her Precious Relics; Conclusion of the History 455; title: APPENDIX; title: Index of Historical Sources:; title: I. Prints 484; title: II. Manuscripts 488; title: Genealogical Table 492