Having become a widow at twenty-seven, Louise of Savoy dedicated herself to charity and penance before joining the Franciscan monastery of Orbe in Switzerland. She died in 1503 at the age of forty-two, after a life marked by humility and service to the sick. Her cult was officially recognized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.
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BLESSED LOUISE OF SAVOY, WIDOW.
Influence and married life
Louise exerted a salutary influence on the customs of the city of Chalon and led her husband toward evangelical perfection.
Her example was very salutary and very effective for the correction of customs in the city of Ch Châlon City where Louise exerted a moral influence during her marriage. alon; and her husband himself, whom she loved extremely in God, allowed himself to be inflamed with the desire for evangelical perfection.
Widowhood and works of charity
Having become a widow at twenty-seven, she refused to remarry in order to devote herself to prayer, penance, and the service of the most destitute.
Having become a widow at the age of twenty-seven, she gave herself entirely to God. She could never be persuaded to a second marriage. Content with a very modest household, frugal food, and very simple clothing under which she wore the rough Franciscan tun ic, occupying hersel tunique franciscaine Religious order whose rule Louise followed and whose habit she wore. f with the meditation of heavenly things and with works of penance and piety, she made new progress in perfection every day. Of boundless charity and liberality, she gave all her income for the food of the poor, of nuns, and of clerics, and visited and served the sick, even those who were afflicted with the most repulsive diseases.
Monastic commitment and passing
She entered the Franciscan monastery of Orbe in Switzerland, where she led a life of humility before dying in 1503, as she had predicted.
She eventually detached herself entirely from the entanglements of the world and embraced the reli gious life at the Franciscan monastère franciscain d'Orbe Religious order whose rule Louise followed and whose habit she wore. monastery of Orbe, a town in Switzerland, in the canton of Vaud. The humblest of the nuns and the most submissive to the rule, she burned with an extraordinary love for the suffering Jesus and for the Virgin Mother of God. Her soul was at times flooded with the graces of heaven. She was taken from this world by a violent illness, at the age of forty-two, on July 24, just as she had predicted, in 1503. Her holiness shone forth through several miracles.
Cult and translation of relics
Her remains were transferred to Nozeroy and her cult was officially approved by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.
Her body was buried with great honors at the monastery of Orbe, then transferred shortly after to Noze Nozeroy Place of transfer and burial of the blessed one's remains. roy, a canton seat in the Jura, in the arrondissement of Poligny, and placed in the choir of the Cordeliers' church. Gregory XVI Grégoire XVI Pope who established the liturgical feast of the blessed. approved her cult in 1839 in all the State s of the King of Sardinia États du roi de Sardaigne Territory where the cult was officially authorized. .
Proper of Chambéry Chambéry Liturgical origin of the biographical text. .
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Key Events
- Marriage and spiritual influence on her husband in Chalon
- Widowed at the age of twenty-seven
- Entered religious life at the Franciscan monastery of Orbe
- Died at the age of forty-two in 1503
- Approval of cult by Gregory XVI in 1839
Miracles
- Prediction of the date of her own death
- Several miracles after her death