St. Elizabeth is also included in a commemorative medal

As a tribute to St. Elizabeth of Árpád-házi, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank will issue a gold commemorative coin with a face value of 100,000 forints and a non-ferrous metal version with a face value of 2,000 forints on Friday as the third member of the series featuring the Hungarian saints of Árpád-háza.

reads a quote from Saint Elizabeth of Árpád-házi the designer Zoltán Endrődy is located at the bottom of the commemorative coin, the central bank told MTI on Thursday. The diameter of both commemorative coins is 22 millimeters, their edges are smooth. The commemorative coin with a face value of 100,000 forints is made of gold with a fineness of 986 thousandths, the non-ferrous metal version with a face value of 2,000 forints is made of an alloy of 75 percent copper, 4 percent nickel and 21 percent zinc.

-háza can be purchased at nominal value for one year after the issue, starting from Friday, at the coin shop of Magyar Pénzverő Zrt., depending on the available stock.

Saint Elizabeth is one of the most well-known and beloved saints of the Middle Ages, the patron saint of wives, young mothers, the Franciscan Third Order and servant love. II. András (1205-1235) of Hungary and Gertrud of Meránia , IV. Béla's younger sister , the wife of Count Lajos of Thuringia.

After the birth of her first child, she established a shelter for orphans, and after the birth of her second child, she founded a hospital. In 1225, during the great famine, he fed the poor and cared for the needy by opening the Wartburg pantry. After the death of her husband, she lived in modest circumstances until her death in 1231, at the age of 24. Although the emperor also asked her to marry him, she chose to serve the poor. In 1235, 4 years after his death, IX. He was canonized by Pope Gregory. It was then that her legend arose as a woman committed to the fallen, active beyond her family and in the wider community, who stands as a role model for contemporaries and posterity.

Postscript: Our editorial team wishes all the best to Erzsébet and Zsók, who are celebrating their name day today!

Source: MTI
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