ST. ISABEL – Jul 8
DVRodriguez2020-11-09T14:55:11-05:00St. Isabel of Portugal (1271-1336) is one of the great Catholic queens of Europe, whom the Church honors shortly after the feasts of St. Margaret of Scotland (June 10) and St. Cotilde of France (June 3). HISTORICAL CONTEXT St. Isabel (Elizabeth in English), of the royal race of Aragon, was born in Spain, in those lands which bordered the Moorish kingdom. It was a tumultuous in the history of the Iberian Peninsula. St. King Ferdinad III (1199-1252) had done much to further the Reconquista and drive the Muslims across the Strait of Gibraltar. He had served as King of Castille, León [...]