Saint Louis of Toulouse

Also known as

• Ludwig of Toulouse

Memorial

• 19 August

Profile

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

• February 1274 at Nocera, Italy

Died

• 19 August 1297 of natural causes

Canonized

• 7 April 1317 by Pope John XXII

Patronage

• Valencia, Spain
• Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, California

Representation

• boy bishop
• young bishop with a crown by his feet
• young man in pontifical garments and holding a book and a crosier

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pictorial Lives of the Saints, by John Dawson Gilmary Shea
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Louis of Toulouse”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 September 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-louis-of-toulouse/>