St. Louis IX

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Born: 25 April 1214 at Poissy, France

Died: 25 August 1270 at Tunis (in modern Tunisia) of natural causes, relics in the Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, France, relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution

Canonized 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII

Patronage: against the death of children, barbers. Bridegrooms, builders, button makers, construction workers, Crusaders, difficult marriages, distillers, embroiderers. French monarchs, grooms, haberdashers, hairdressers, hair stylists, kings, masons, needle workers, parenthood. parents of large families, passementiers, prisoners, sculptors, sick people, soldiers, stone masons. Stonecutters, tertiaries, trimming makers, Québec, Québec, archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, archdiocese of Versailles, France, diocese of Blois, France, Carthage, Tunisia, La Rochelle, France, New Orleans, Louisiana, Oran, Algeria, Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France, Saint Louis, Missouri, city of Versailles, France, Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Louis.

Also known as Louis Capet

Son of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. King of France and Count of Artois at age eleven; his mother ruled as regent until he reached 22, and then he reigned for 44 years. Louis made numerous judicial and legislative reforms, promoted Christianity in France, established religious foundations, aided mendicant orders, propagated synodal decrees of the Church, built leper hospitals, and collected relics. Married Marguerite of Provence at age 19, and was the father of eleven children. Supported Pope Innocent IV in war against Emperor Frederick II of Germany. Trinitarian tertiary. Led two Crusades and died on one.