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St. Louis, King of France 25 August St. Louis, manuscript XIV Cent., Bibliothèque nationale de France  The seventh crusade When, in 1248, Louis IX went to liberate the Holy Land, he embarked with his bride, Margaret of Provence, but he was taken prisoner. Once released and returned to his realm, he undertook great reforms, including in particular the interdict of the judicial duel (or trial by ordeal). He funded hospitals and monasteries and realized his great project: building the "Sainte-Chapelle" as a shrine of light and colored glass intended to accommodate the relics, especially the thorns of Christ’s crown, which he had acquired from from the Byzantine Empero...

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Date 24 August The Saint of the Day  St Bartolomew, Apostle St. Jeanne Antide Thouret, Virgin, Foundress of the Sisters of Charity Saint Emily de Vialar >

Saint Emily de Vialar 24 August Saint Emily  In the service of the poorest of the poor Santa Emily consecrated her life to the poor, whom she welcomed in her home, involving some of her companions in a true charity organization. Together with them, in 1832, in Gaillac, she inaugurated a new form of religious life devoted to the service of all the poorest of the poor - caring for them in their every sort of misery - as well as attending to the education of very young girls.  The support of the Archbishop of Albi, François-Marie de Gauly, would give the Institute of St. Joseph of the Apparition such momentum, that it would spread within the span of a few years to all...

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