St Louis – Friends of the Word Inc. "Breaking Open the Word" https://www.friendsoftheword.org A 501c3 non profit corporation; PO Box 7994 Haledon, NJ 07538 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:51:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.friendsoftheword.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-god-2-32x32.jpg St Louis – Friends of the Word Inc. "Breaking Open the Word" https://www.friendsoftheword.org 32 32 ST. LOUIS OF FRANCE SAINT AND JUST LEADER! https://www.friendsoftheword.org/st-louis-of-france-saint-and-just-leader/ https://www.friendsoftheword.org/st-louis-of-france-saint-and-just-leader/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:49:25 +0000 https://new.friendsoftheword.org/?p=31926 Louis was Catholic, and he built the Sainte Chapelle (“Holy Chapel”) on the Île de la Cité in the centre of Paris. It is thought that the French monarchy was trying to establish the kingdom of France as the “new Jerusalem.” Louis IX tried to make France, which was seen as being a very religious place, a protector of the Church. It worked, and between the 12th and 13th centuries…

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]]> https://www.friendsoftheword.org/st-louis-of-france-saint-and-just-leader/feed/ 0 St Louis a King for the Poor https://www.friendsoftheword.org/st-louis-a-king-for-the-poor/ https://www.friendsoftheword.org/st-louis-a-king-for-the-poor/#respond Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:42:55 +0000 https://new.friendsoftheword.org/?p=1195 Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly Saint Louis, was a King of France who reigned from 1226 until his death. Louis was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the death of his father Louis VIII the Lion. Among his other attributes was his love for the poor of his kingdom.

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