Louis of Toulouse

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Saint

Louis of Toulouse
; Baler (Philippines);
Lucban (Philippines)

Saint Louis of Toulouse (9 February 1274 – 19 August 1297), also known as Louis of Anjou, was a Neapolitan prince of the

Catholic bishop
.

Life

Louis was born in

poverty, chastity, and obedience.[6]

On 5 February 1297, Louis was consecrated

typhoid, at age 23.[7]

Two music theory treatises, De musicae commendacione and Sentencia in musica sonora subiecti, are sometimes attributed to him, but are now thought to be the work of Lodewijk Heyligen (1304–1361).[8]

Veneration

Silver reliquary of Saint Louis of Toulouse (Musée de Cluny)
Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse
- Crosier of Louis of Toulouse

Procedures for the canonization of Louis were quickly urged. His case was promoted by

Robert at Naples who owed his crown to Louis commissioned a great altarpiece from Simone Martini
, depicting Louis being crowned by angels as he simultaneously crowned Robert.

The cult of Saint Louis of Toulouse took hold in Hungary.

where he was made its patron saint.

Chronicon Pictum, Saint Louis of Toulouse, Louis of Anjou, Bishop of Toulouse, House of Árpád, medieval, Hungarian chronicle, book, illumination, illustration, history
Saint Louis of Toulouse. He raises his right hand in blessing and the royal crown lies at his feet, symbolizing the fact that he renounced the Kingdom of Naples by taking Holy Orders. The Hungarian Anjou coat of arms is on his breast. (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)

Louis can be recognized in iconography as a young bishop, usually wearing a brown or grey Franciscan habit under his cope. The cope is usually decorated with the French fleur-de-lys. Sometimes there is a discarded crown by his feet.

A polyphonic motet, Flos/Celsa/Quam magnus pontifex, was written in honor of Louis's canonization in 1317. The piece appears anonymously in the Ivrea Codex and has been attributed by modern scholars to Philippe de Vitry.

Kolleg St Ludwig in Vlodrop, the Netherlands, was dedicated to him.[13] A Vlodrop hotel is also named for Saint Ludwig.[14]

References

  1. ^ Musto 2003, p. 78.
  2. ^ Toynbee 1929, p. 52.
  3. ^ Grieco 2013, p. 137.
  4. ^ Johnson 2007, p. 351.
  5. ^ Pryds 2000, p. 26.
  6. ^ Arnold 2014, p. 290.
  7. ^ a b Tolan 2009, p. 259.
  8. ^ Giger 2001, p. ?.
  9. ^ Brunner 2011, p. 231.
  10. ^ Cusato & Geltner 2009, p. 139.
  11. ^ a b Klaniczay 2002, p. 326.
  12. ^ Toynbee 1929, p. 231.
  13. ^ Max, Arthur (19 February 2006). "A Guru's Goals Still Center on Peace and Love". The Washington Post. p. D.01.
  14. ^ St Ludwig Hotel Restaurant

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Archbishop of Lyon

1290–1295
Followed by
Preceded by
Bishop of Toulouse

1296-1297
Followed by