Saint Louis of Toulouse is the patron of Valencia, Spain and I will be there as part of our World Youth Day pilgrimage on August 22. Saint Louis was born to nobility in February 1274 in Nocera, Italy. He was the great-nephew of Saint Louis IX and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. He grew up in modern day France. He spent seven years as a hostage for his father in Barcelona and Tarragona Spain. He was ordained at the age of 23 and was a Friar Minor. He was bishop of Toulouse, France for the last six months of his life. He died on August 19, 1297. He was canonized in 1317.
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