Elizabeth of Hungary, also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia.
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)
Konrad von Marburg was a medieval German Catholic priest, inquisitor and nobleman. He is perhaps best known as the spiritual director of Elizabeth of Hungary.
Elizabeth of Hungary
…he is venerated in Thuringia as a saint, though he was never canonized by the church. It was also about this time that the priest and later inquisitor Konrad von Marburg gained considerable influence over Elizabeth when he was appointed as her confessor. In the spring of 1226, when floods, famine and plague wrought havoc…
Konrad von Marburg, detail of a 13th-century church window, Elisabeth Church, Marburg.