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Title: Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860. Sacred and legendary art. Second series
Subjects: Saints Saints Christian art and symbolism Monks Legends Monasticism and religious orders
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY. for her support. She spun wool, and as her poor fingers becameweaker and weaker, and she earned less and less, her clothesbecame ragged, and she mended them with shreds of any colour,picked up here and there, so that her appearance excited thederision of the people, and the very children—those childrenwhom she had so tended and cherished—pursued her in thestreets as a mad woman ! All these humiliations, and moreand worse, she endured with an humble and resigned spirit,and the pious looked upon her as a second St. Clara. But even into her poor retreat the wicked world pursued her.It was reported—but only in distant parts, where she was notknown—that she was living with the priest Conrad in anunholy union ; and her old friend, Walther de Varila, thoughtit right to visit her and to warn her of these reports. Shemade no answer, but, sadly shaking her head, she bared hershoulders and showed them lacerated by the penitential scourgeinflicted by her harsh di

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