Isabel, Saint
Isabel, Saint
Queen of Portugal , widow, born 1271 ; died 1336 . She was the daughter of King Pedro II of Aragon , and grand-niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary . Her husband, Diniz, King of Portugal , was extremely immoral, but Elizabeth pursued her strict religious practises, and won him to repentance by her prayers and goodness. In 1325 , at his death, she retired to a convent of Poor Clares, where she became a Franciscan tertiary. She was called the “Peacemaker,” because of her intervention in the armed hostility between her son and husband. Canonized , 1625 . Relics at Coimbra. Feast , Roman Calendar, 8 July .