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  St. Isabel of France
As Isabel wished to found a convent of the Order of St. Clare, Louis IX began in 1255 to acquire the necessary land in the Forest of Rouvray, not far from the Seine and in the neighbourhood of Paris.
Isabel herself never entered the cloister, but from 1260 (or 1263) she followed the rules in her own home near by.
Isabel was not altogether satisfied with the first rule drawn up, and therefore submitted through the agency of her brother Louis IX, who had also secured the confirmation of the first rule, a revised rule to Urban IV.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/i/isabel_of_france,saint.html   (727 words)

  
 Isabel of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Isabel of France (March, 1225 23 February 1270) was the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.
As Isabel wished to found a convent of the Order of Poor Ladies of Saint Clare, Louis IX began in 1255 to acquire the necessary land in the Forest of Rouvray-Catillon, not far from the Seine and in the neighbourhood of Paris.
Isabel was not altogether satisfied with the first rule drawn up, and therefore submitted through the agency of her brother Louis IX, who had also secured the confirmation of the first rule, a revised rule to Pope Urban IV.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Isabel_of_France   (831 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Louis IX
King of France, son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, born at Poissy, 25 April, 1215; died near Tunis, 25 August, 1270.
By this treaty St. Louis gave Henry III all the fiefs and domains belonging to the King of France in the Dioceses of Limoges, Cahors, and Périgueux; and in the event of Alphonsus of Poitiers dying without issue, Saintonge and Agenais would escheat to Henry III.
The Sainte Chappelle, an architectural gem, was constructed in his reign, and it was under his patronage that Robert of Sorbonne founded the "Collège de la Sorbonne," which became the seat of the theological faculty of Paris.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09368a.htm   (1622 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - The History of France - French Royalty
Capetian France 987-1328 by Elizabeth Hallam and Judith Everard.
Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century by Sean L. Field.
Philippe, Duc D'Orleans: Regent of France by Christine Pevitt.
www.royalty.nu /Europe/France/index.html   (2577 words)

  
 of France Family Genealogy
was born in 1058 in Bourgogne, France and died on 23 Mar 1102/1103 in Tarsus and was buried in Citaux, France.
- was born in 1058 in Bourgogne, France and died on 23 Mar 1102/1103 in Tarsus and was buried in Citaux, France.
was born in 1268 in Fontainebleau, Seine-Et-Marne, France and died on 29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau, Seine-Et-Marne, France and was buried in Saint Denis, France.
www.aritek.com /hartgen/htm/of-france_2.htm   (5190 words)

  
 Saints of August 16   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Saint Arsacius was a Persian soldier of the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Licinius.
Thereafter, in 1092, Ralph was the abbot-founder of the double monastery of Saint-Sulpice in the diocese Rennes, France (Benedictines).
Saint Rock's cultus, which had declined during the 16th century, was revived by the papal approval of his office for hermitages and churches dedicated to him.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0816.htm   (2346 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US - France/United States Relations
France participated in the war in Afghanistan with five thousands troops and we will maintain hundreds of them in Kabul and the border, side by side with yours.
And in Iraq, despite past differences, France is willing to help because what is at stake today is enormous : the future of the Iraqi people, the future of the Middle East, the future of the relations between the Muslim world and the western world.
America and France must fight together, as they did here at Yorktown and in Normandy, to maintain their freedoms and their values.
www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2003/levitte_yorktown_101903.asp   (555 words)

  
 Saints' Names (girls H-M) & Their Meanings - Good News Ministries Online
Saint Isabel of France was the daughter of a king, but this did not make her haughty.
Saint Judith was sent by the king to find her neice, who had become an anchorite (a woman who lives in seclusion for religious purposes), living in a cell attached to a monastery.
Saint Mark the Evangelist was one of those who ran away in fear when Jesus was arrested, but after the resurrection of Jesus and the descent of the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room, he became a writer of the Faith, and he helped Saints Paul, Barnabas, and Peter build the new Church.
wordbytes.org /saints/names-girls-hm.htm   (2533 words)

  
 Hotel Isabel
*Isabelle of Hainaut (1170–1190), queen consort, daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, wife of Philip II of France.
Born Isabelle Yasmine Adjani in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France, she is the daughter of an Algerian-Turkish father and a German mother.
In accordance with their rising careers, Julio as a singer, and Isabel as a supermodel in Spain and Europe, they exploded onto the scene in 1971 and became overnight superstars in the Spanish-language media, the exotic, gorgeous Jewish-Arabian-Spanish crooner, Julio, and the exotic, gorgeous supermodel that he held in his arms, Isabel.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/93/hotel-isabel.html   (2221 words)

  
 Saints of July 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Elizabeth, daughter of King Peter III of Aragon, was named after her great-aunt, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, but she is known in Portugal by the Spanish form of that name, Isabella.
In art, Saint Elizabeth is depicted carrying roses in her lap in winter; crowned with roses; or as a Franciscan tertiary nun, sometimes with a beggar near her or with a rose or jug in her hand (Roeder, White).
This Saint Finbar was the founder and abbot of a famous monastery on the Isle of Crimlen or Innis Doimhle, Wexford (Benedictines, Husenbeth).
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0704.htm   (3415 words)

  
 Saint Michael Center - Saints
Saint Apollonia is the patroness of Catholic dentists.
Saint Susanna was martyred in 295, and one year later, in 296, her father, Saint Gabinus, shed his blood for the Faith for which his daughter had died.
Saint Peter occupied his Chair at Rome for twenty-five years, from the year 42 to the year 67, when he was crucified for the Faith.
www.smcenter.org /events_saints_feb02.htm   (2650 words)

  
 Saint-Amand-Montrond (Municipality, Cher, France)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Saint Amand is portrayed on the municipal flag of Sint-Amands, in Belgian Flanders.
In Riobamba, Jean met Isabel de Casamayor, married her and did not return to France when the expedition was completed.
In 1769, she decided to go to France with the family; during the crossing of South America, all the members of the family died but Isabel, which was helped and healed by Indians.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr-18-am.html   (1123 words)

  
 Lives of the Saints, August 30, Saint Rose of Lima, Saint Fiaker
She was christened Isabel, but the beauty of her infant face earned for her the title of Rose, which she thereafter bore.
All of Saint Rose’s sufferings were offered for the conversion of sinners, and the thought of the multitudes in hell was ever before her soul.
Saint Fiaker was the eldest son of Eugene IV, king of Scotland, born in the early sixth century heir to the throne of Scotland.
www.magnificat.ca /cal/engl/08-30.htm   (947 words)

  
 Blessed Isabel of France - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
Isabel's deepest desire to give herself entirely to God culminated in the perpetual vow of virginity she took as a young woman.
Ultimately, Isabel, who wrote to Pope Innocent IV to proclaim her commitment to consecrated virginity, succeeded in convincing the Holy Father that she was called to a different state of life.
At the death of her mother, Isabel founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Longchamps in Paris.
www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay/?id=1408   (506 words)

  
 The French Royal Family: Titles and Customs
The enfants de France (fils, fille de France) were sons and daughters of the sovereign, and styled in medieval seals filius/filia regis: their high rank was similar to that of infante in Spain.
As lifespans increased, it seems that the concept of "fils de France" was extended to the children of the eldest son of the sovereign, and even to the children of the eldest grandson of the sovereign: in other words, to children of the current, past or future king.
The enfants and petits-enfants de France were entitled to the style of Royal Highness (Altesse Royale) since the 17th century (thus, the duc d'Orléans, Regent from 1715 to 1723, is styled SAR in the Almanach Royal of 1717).
www.heraldica.org /topics/france/frroyal.htm   (9896 words)

  
 St Joan of Arc
Unlettered as she was, Isabel could serve as a model to many a Catholic mother who boasts of a good education but cannot teach her children their religion.
Instead of burning her or drowning her straightway, the Duke of Bedford, governor of the English possessions in France, chose the more subtle method of having her judged and convicted by the ecclesiastical court which was to be held at Rouen under his eyes, not in the law courts, but in the castle.
The verdict of 1431 was reversed by Pope Calixtus III on the grounds of the obvious hostility and unfairness of the judges, of additions, suppressions and omissions in the summing-up, of the incompetence of the court, culminating in an illegal sentence and an irregular execution.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/JOAN1.htm   (6864 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Isabel of France
Louis IX, King of France (1226-70), was her brother.
By Bull of 26 May, 1254, Innocent IV allowed her to retain some Franciscan fathers as her special confessors.
Urban approved this new constitution on 27 July, 1263.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08179a.htm   (738 words)

  
 Saint Ralph
Saint Ralph is an amiable tear-jerker that walks a fine line between being inspirational and being hokum.
SAINT RALPH offers the freshness of a new face such as Adam Butcher as Ralph, the sophistication of Campbell Scott, sprinkled with the salt of legendary actor Gordon Pinsent and the unexpected spice from Jennifer Tilly.
Between production design, locations and costume design, SAINT RALPH, a story set in the 1950s in Hamilton and Boston, called for a certain look, which was more about suggesting the uncomplicated nostalgia of the era than it was about fixating on the elements of the era.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/10005178-saint_ralph/about.php   (3031 words)

  
 St. Victor's Liturgical Calendar: St. Rose of Lima
Isabel de Olica (died 1617 at age 31), a Peruvian mystic, was nicknamed "Rosa" because of her beauty.
She was A lay Dominican who lived a life of penance and solitude, caring for the elderly, homelss and the sick.
She was the first saint of the New World and is national patroness of the Philppines and of South America.
www.saintvictor.org /saints/rose.html   (149 words)

  
 Dominic's France: Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
One of the greatest things about France is that impression of unlimited space every time you reach the summit of a new hill.
Theirs is not in the militant nationalism of the Basques, the cultural introversion of the Bretons, or even the singing self-confidence found in Burgundy; it is the quiet pride of a region full of contradictions and tired of centuries of fighting.
A major stumbling block is the difficulty in knowing how much sweetness to expect in the wines, in the absence of terms like “sec”, “demi-sec” and “moelleux” on their labels, but many producers are making efforts to help consumers anticipate the wine’s style before buying the bottle.
www.dominicsfrance.com   (6298 words)

  
 Nouvelle France - 2004
1758-61: a turbulent period bridging the collapse of New France and the establishment of the British regime.
This tragic love story of a young peasant girl from the lower Saint Laurent River and a dashing adventurer is based on fact.
As their passionate destiny advances inexorably, driven by fate, it mirrors another story that's already been written: France's abandon of Canada.
www.vincentperez.com /nouvellefrance.html   (217 words)

  
 News From France
It was this battle that forged America's alliance with France: in addition to the many supplies sent to the Americans by King Louis XVI, French troops, led by Count Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau and Admiral François de Grasse, were dispatched to augment General George Washington's weakened Continental Army.
For the occasion, the French and American communities of Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma were invited to participate in the festivities which took place in the gardens of the French Legation of Austin, the historical location of the first embassy of the Kingdom of France to the state of Texas (1836-1845).
Those present included the ambassador of France, Jean-David Levitte, Luis Saenz, the assistant secretary of state of Texas who was representing Governor Rick Perry, Charlie Daniels, the secretary of state of Arkansas, Jay Guerrero, the southeast Texas regional director and Ross Milloy, president of the Austin-San Antonio Corridor.
www.info-france-usa.org /publi/nff/0312/pro.htm   (854 words)

  
 The Vatican Bank
Joseph of Cupertino is the patron saint of astronauts.
Joan of Arc was canonized to confront political rumpus in twentieth century France; Thomas Aquinas to vindicate a thirteenth century philosophical system and Pius X to justify a Roman clique's theological alignment.
They have reminded the Vatican, which is `studying the proposal,' that under `Isabel la Catolica' thousands were expelled from Spain and others tortured or burned at the stake for their beliefs.
www.angelfire.com /ky/dodone/Saints.html   (1825 words)

  
 Coteau de France: Saint-Amand Connection Lines
John married Isabel Bigod, sister of John Bigod and daughter of Sir Ralph Bigod who was the son of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.
In the same year he was made one of the ambassadors from the English monarch to Philip of France, for obtaining aid towards the recovery of the Holy Land.
He was sent, with Robert FitzWalter, the Surety, by the other Barons, to invite the Dauphin of France to assume the crown of England, and, even after the death of King John, he kept a strong garrison in Mountsorell Castle, in behalf of Prince Louis.
www.fluckers.com /family/daspit/connect.html   (5860 words)

  
 France - Saint-Germain
It was Louis the Fat, however, who began building the Castle at Saint-Germain—the great castle that lies behind the park; and Louis the Saint who finished it, and set up the exquisite chapel, with its delicate traceries, and the faces of his mother and himself carved high up in the vaulting.
and his wife Isabel were sitting one Sunday at Mass, thinking about a new tax they had just levied on the already overburdened people, when the sky darkened, the wind began to rise, and such a storm burst over Saint-Germain, that the remembrance of it has never died away.
In this chapel, Francis I. was married to poor little lame Claude of France, and three of his children were brought here to be baptized.
www.oldandsold.com /articles06/france-1.shtml   (2741 words)

  
 The French Royal Family: A Genealogy
The main emphasis of this genealogy is to highlight titles and coats of arms in the French royal family, with an eye to marks of difference (see also the page on titles and apanages).
Louis of France (1339-83), duc d'Anjou: France ancient a bordure gules, adopted 1380 by Queen Giovanna I of Naples, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem 1382: per pale Jerusalem and per pale Naples (France a label gules) and Anjou (France a bordure gules) (N) Marie, comtesse de Blois et de Guise (1343-1404)
Louis XI had natural children, of which Jeanne (†1519), dame de Mirebeau, was legitimated in 1465 and married to Louis, bâtard de Bourbon; Marie, married to Aymar de Poitiers and from whom Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II, is descended.
www.heraldica.org /topics/france/roygenea.htm   (6851 words)

  
 of France Family Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
- was born in 1135 in Montreuil, Flandres, France and died in 1191 in Acre, Palestine.
- was born in 1179 in Ponthieu, Flanders, France and died on 4 Oct 1221 in France.
was born on 29 Jan 1374/1375 in Beaufort Castle, Anjon, France.
www.aritek.com /hartgen/htm/of-france.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Index - Daily Prayers with the Saints for the New Millennium - by Terry Ann Modica
Index - Daily Prayers with the Saints for the New Millennium - by Terry Ann Modica
Mar. 5 - Saint John Joseph of the Cross
Aug. 17 - Saint Clare of the Cross
wordbytes.org /saints/DailyPrayers/index.html   (276 words)

  
 france pictures, videos and albums published by webshots members
Pietas are images (statues, stained glasses, paintings) showing a mother, the Virgo Mary, in the deepest distress in front of the death of Her loved Son.
The incredible blue skies and ocean, the calming smell of the lavendar in shades of purple and blue, the bold yellows of the sunflowers and the sun, and the shades of ocre and terra cotta of the buildings.
This is the first album of a large set showing the Paris Cathedral and Her 11 gothic Sisters of medieval France; I dedicate this album to Mary, Queen of Notre-Dame Cathedral, where I felt so intense emotions during huge ceremonies or great organ concerts.
www.webshots.com /members/download/travel/france_download.html   (3136 words)

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