Saint Louis - Castroville, Texas, USA
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jhuoni
N 29° 21.355 W 098° 52.759
14R E 511714 N 3247425
This life sized statue of St. Louis holding a crown of thorns can be found outside of the St. Louis Catholic Church in Castroville, TX.
Waymark Code: WM12K6K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2020
Views: 3
From Catholic Saints Info
"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, France
Died: 25 August 1270 at Tunis (in modern Tunisia)
Canonized: 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII
Patron Saint of:
| against 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 |
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