Saint Louis of Anjou ( February 9, 1274 , Nocera Inferiore - August 19, 1297 , Brignoles ) - the second son of Charles II the Lame , King of Naples , and Mary of Hungary, granddaughter of Saint Louis . Bishop of Toulouse in 1297 . Canonized by the Catholic Church in 1317 .
| Louis of Toulouse | |
|---|---|
 Saint Louis of Toulouse - portrait of Pierrot della Francesca | |
| Birth | February 9, 1274 |
| Death | August 19, 1297 ( 23) |
| Is revered | Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1317 year |
| In the face | Saint |
| Day of Remembrance | August 19 |
| Asceticism | bishop |
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Biography
During the war of the Sicilian Vespers, Charles II was captured by the Sicilians and was released on condition that a significant ransom was made and noble hostages were transferred to the enemies ( 1289 ). Among the hostages were the three sons of the king, including Louis. The princes were taken to Barcelona and entrusted to the cares of the Franciscan monks. Upon reaching adulthood, the Archbishopric of Lyon , who was dependent on the French crown, was transferred to Louis, who was in captivity, although the prince was not able to fulfill the duties of the bishop.
Due to the fact that the elder brother of Louis Carl Martell from 1290 devoted himself to the struggle for Hungary and was crowned king of Hungary, Louis became a potential heir to the Kingdom of Naples . After the death of Karl Martell ( August 19, 1295 ), who did not achieve real power in Hungary, but transferred his Hungarian claims to his children, Louis finally became the heir to Charles II. Freed from Aragonese captivity in 1295 , Louis arrived in Rome and announced the abdication of his dynastic rights in favor of his next brother Robert . Having abandoned the future crown, Louis of Anjou entered the monastic order of the Franciscans, taking vows of poverty, obedience and chastity.
On February 5, 1297 , Louis of Anjou was consecrated bishop and received the administration of the vast Toulouse diocese (later Pope John XXII divided it into five dioceses). His appointment to Toulouse was important both for the French king, whose Languedoc was only joined in 1271 , and for the Anjou house , which had owned neighboring Provence since 1246 . The young bishop, who had previously abandoned the Neapolitan crown, realized in his diocese not alien political ambitions, but his willingness to serve the poor. His simplicity, Christian ministry, and the rejection of luxury earned him love in Languedoc , a relatively recent country of the Albigensians , where the Catholic clergy did not enjoy authority.
Praise
Louis died in Brignoles on August 19, 1297 , where he was buried. Miracles performed on his grave caused rapid canonization . Already on April 7, 1317 , John XXII ranked Louis as a saint. For the French and Neapolitan ruling dynasties, the canonization of Louis of Toulouse was a matter of political authority, since among the descendants of Hugo Capet it was already the second saint Louis. St. Louis of Toulouse became especially revered by the monks - Franciscans, who transferred his relics to Valencia in 1423 .
In Catholic iconography, Saint Louis of Toulouse is portrayed as a youth bishop, often with a rejected crown at his feet.
Memorial Day at the Catholic Church - August 19 .
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Literature
- MH Laurent, Le culte de saint Louis d'Anjou à Marseille au XIVesiècle, les documents de Louis Antoine de Ruffi suivis d'un choix de lettres de cet érudit, Edizione di storia e letteratura, Rome, 1954, 156 pages.