Saint Louis of Toulouse
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Also known as
- Ludwig 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
- 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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