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Blessed Isabella of France. (Bl. Isabelle de France) Feast Day - February 23. Isabella was the sister of King Saint Loius IX of France. Her mother, the saintly Queen Blance, bore this child special affection because, after the death of her husband, Isabella was the only daughter still living.
Patronage. Patroness of the Sick. Isabelle of France (March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was a French princess and daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sicily.
- March 1225, Paris, France
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- Longchamp Abbey, Pays de France, Kingdom of France
Feast Day: February 22. Death: February 22, 1270. Blessed Isabella of France, also known as Isabel of France, was born in March 1225 into the royal family of France. She was the daughter of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, and the sister of Saint Louis IX. She was also the aunt of Saint Louis of Toulouse.
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Feb 26, 2012 · Blessed Isabella of France: the Princess Who Refused to Be a Queen - The Wine-Dark Sea. Uncategorized. Blessed Isabella of France: the Princess Who Refused to Be a Queen. 9 comments February 26, 20124 min read. Today is the feast of Blessed (or is it Saint?)
Louis IX, King of France (1226-70), was her brother. When still a child at court, Isabel, or Elizabeth, showed an extraordinary devotion to exercises of piety, modesty, and other virtues. By Bull of 26 May, 1254, Innocent IV allowed her to retain some Franciscan fathers as her special confessors. She was even more devoted to the Franciscan ...
Feb 23, 2021 · Saint Isabelle was the daughter of King Louis VIII of France, younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis), and older sister of King Charles I of Sicily. Born in March of 1224 at Paris, Saint Isabelle tragically lost her father when she was only two years old. Her mother educated her strongly in Latin and the local language, teaching her how to read tales of chilvalry and religious ...
Isabel of France, BLESSED, daughter of Louis VIII and of his wife, Blanche of Castille, b. in March, 1225; d. at Longchamp, February 23, 1270. St. Louis IX, King of France (1226-70), was her brother. When still a child at court, Isabel, or Elizabeth, showed an extraordinary devotion to exercises of piety, modesty, and other virtues.
