Elizabeth of Hungary
（重定向自Erzsebet）
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![St. Elizabeth washing a sick man a scene from the main altar of St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Kassa, 15th century](/Images/godic/202501/11/StElisabethKošiceAltar5814.JPG")
![St. Elizabeth spinning wool for the poor by Marianne Stokes (1895)](/Images/godic/202501/11/Marianne_Stokes_St_Elizabeth_of_Hungary_Spinning_for_the_Poor5814.jpg")
![A statue showing the miracle of the roses in the rose garden in front of the neo-Gothic church dedicated to her at Roses' Square (Rózsák tere), Budapest.[15]](/Images/godic/202501/11/Szent_Erzsebet-templom_035814.jpg")
Elizabeth of Hungary, T.O.S.F., (German:Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian:Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231) was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia, Germany, and a greatly venerated Catholic saint who was an early member of the Third Order of St. Francis, by which she is honored as its patroness. Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death she sent her children away and regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital where she herself served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity after her death at the age of 24 and was quickly canonized.