Saint Louis of Toulouse
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- Also known as
- Ludwig of Toulouse
- Memorial
- 19 August
- Profile
- 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.
Spent seven years as a hostage for his father at Barcelona and Tarragona.
Ordained at age 23.
Friar Minor.
Reluctant bishop of Toulouse for the last six months of his life.
- Born
- 1274 at Nocera
- Died
- 1297 of natural causes
- Canonized
- 1317
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