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Size:cm
Material:silver
1 class
Wax seal:Paul-Thérèse-David D\'Astros(15 Oct 1772 - 29 Sep 1851,Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France)
Memorial:25 August,formerly 24 August
Profile:
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.
Born:25 April 1214 at Poissy, FranceDied:25 August 1270 at Tunis (in modern Tunisia) of natural causesrelics in the Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, Francerelics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution
Canonized:1297 by Pope Boniface VIII
Patronage:against the death of childrenbarbersbuilders, construction workersbutton makerscarpentersdistillersembroiderers, needle workershaberdashershairdressers, hair stylistskingspassementiers, trimming makerssculptorssoldiersstone masons, stonecutters, stone workersbridegroomsdifficult marriagesFrench monarchsgroomsparenthoodparents of large familiesprisonerssick peopletertiaries