Casilda of Toledo
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Saint Casilda of Toledo is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is 9 April.
Saint Casilda, by Francisco de Zurbarán
Saint Casilda, by Juan Rizi
St. Casilda Apprehended with her Basket, Burgos Cathedral
The Miracle of the Roses; by José Nogales Sevilla
Elizabeth of Hungary
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Elizabeth of Hungary, also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia.
Casilda of Toledo
…feast day is 9 April. Casilda was a Muslim princess, the daughter of the emir of Taifa of Toledo. She showed great kindness to Christian captives. Like Elizabeth of Hungary and Elizabeth of Portugal, the miracle of the roses was attached to her legend. While Casilda supposedly predated both Elizabeths, her hagiography was…
Elizabeth of Hungary by Simone Martini
St. Elizabeth washing a sick man—a scene from the main altar of St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice, 15th century
St. Elizabeth spinning wool for the poor by Marianne Stokes (1895)
A triptych depicting the miracles and her charity (Master of the Drapery Studies c. 1480-90)