Feast day: July 4
St. Elizabeth of Portugal
A queen of Portugal, grand-niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, famous for her charity to the poor and for personally riding between armies to make peace among warring kings.
More than once she rode out between battle lines to reconcile her husband, her son, and rival kings — earning her enduring title, 'the Peacemaker.'
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