Married Saints and Blesseds Through the

Countless saints have been priests or religious, living out lives of penance and sacrifice for the good of the Church. But many Catholics don't realize that married couples are called to holiness as well.

Fr. Holböck's tells the inspiring stories of over 200 married saints and blesseds from the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph to Margaret of Scotland, King Louis of France, Thomas More, and modern examples like Gianna Molla and Louis and Zélie Martin, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. The example of these holy men and women is essential to living a truly Catholic married life. Important Church documents and scripture passages are also included to further guide and enlighten the reader. Many illustrations.

Ferdinand Holbock, S.T.D., Professor of Theology at the University of Salzburg and Prelate of the Papal Household is the author of numerous works including the popular New Saints and Blesseds of the Church.

Abbreviations

11

(2)

Author's Preface

13

(4)

Note by the Publisher of the German Edition

17

(4)

I. MARRIAGE IN SACRED SCRIPTURE

21

(4)

II. MARRIAGE IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE MAGISTERIUM

25

(478)

III. MARRIED BLESSEDS AND SAINTS

Mary and Joseph

29

(12)

Anne and Joachim

41

(4)

Elizabeth and Zechariah

45

(6)

Salome and Zebedee

51

(5)

Basil (d. before 349) and Emmelia (d. ca. 372)

56

(7)

Gregory Nazianzen the Elder (d. 374) and Nonna (d. 374)

63

(4)

Hilary of Poitiers (d. ca. 367) and Spouse

67

(4)

Monica (d. 387) and Patricius

71

(6)

Paula of Rome (d. 404) and Toxotius

77

(4)

Paulinus of Nola (d. 431) and Therasia

81

(4)

Melania the younger (d. 439) and Valerius Pinianus

85

(3)

Alexius of Edessa (d. ca. 450) and Spouse

88

(5)

Hilarius (d. ca. 463--467) and Quieta

93

(2)

Clotilda (d. 545) and Clovis

95

(6)

Ethelbert (d. 616) and Bertha

101

(3)

Plectrude (d. 725) and Pepin of Herstal

104

(2)

Vincent Madelgarius (d. 677) and Waldetrudis (d. 688)

106

(3)

Bertha (d. ca. 680) and Gumbert

109

(1)

Aya (d. 708/709) and Hildulf (d. 707)

110

(1)

Richard (d. 720) and Wunna (d. ca. 710)

111

(3)

Bertha of Blangy (d. 725) and Siegfried

114

(1)

Ida of Herzfeld (d. 813 or 825) and Egbert

115

(2)

Bernard of Vienne (d. 842) and Spouse

117

(1)

Irmgard (d. 851) and Lothar I

118

(1)

Ludmila (d. 921) and Borivoy

119

(3)

Matilda (d. 968) and Henry I

122

(4)

Adelaide (d. 999) and Lothair

126

(5)

Ansfrid (d. 1010) and Ilsunda

131

(2)

Henry II (d. 1024) and Cunegund (d. 1033)

133

(6)

Emma (d. 1045) and William

139

(3)

Godeleva (d. ca. 1070) and Bertulf

142

(2)

Margaret of Scotland (d. 1093) and Malcolm III Canmore

144

(3)

Ida of Boulogne (d. 1113) and Eustace II

147

(2)

Pauline von Arnstadt (d. 1117) and Ulrich von Schraplan

149

(2)

Aleth (d. ca. 1105-1110) and Tescelin

151

(5)

Leopold of Austria (d. 1136) and Agnes

156

(3)

Isidore (d. ca. 1130) and Maria de la Cabeza (d. 1135)

159

(3)

Erkenbert (d. 1132) and Richlinde (d. 1150)

162

(2)

Godfrey of Kappenberg (d. 1127) and Jutta of Arnsberg

164

(2)

Wulfhildis (d. after 1180) and Rudolf

166

(1)

Hildegund (d. 1183) and Lothair

167

(1)

Homobonus (d. 1197) and Spouse

168

(3)

Raymond Zanfogni (d. 1200) and Spouse

171

(3)

Hedwig (d. 1243) and Henry I

174

(8)

Ingeborg (d. 1236) and Philip II Augustus

182

(4)

Mary of Oignies (d. 1213) and Hans

186

(3)

Ferdinand III (d. 1252) and Beatrice

189

(3)

Jutta of Sangerhausen (d. 1260) and Johannes Konopacki of Bielcza

192

(1)

Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231) and Louis

193

(9)

Zdislava of Lemberk (d. ca. 1252) and Havel of Lemberk

202

(2)

Gherardesca of Pisa (d. 1269) and Alferio di Bandino

204

(2)

Louis IX of France (d. 1270) and Margaret of Provence

206

(7)

Umiliana Cerchi (d. 1246) and X. Bonaguisi

213

(2)

Kinga (d. 1292) and Boleslaus V of Krakow

215

(2)

Humility (d. 1310) and Ugoletto dei Caccianemici

217

(3)

Jacopone of Todi (d. 1306) and Vanna di Bernardino di Guidone

220

(4)

Raymund Lull (d. 1315/1316) and Blanca Picany

224

(3)

Alda (d. 1309) and Bindo Bellanti

227

(2)

Angela of Foligno (d. 1309) and Spouse

229

(3)

Elizabeth of Portugal (d. 1336) and Denis

232

(4)

Elzear (d. 1323) and Delphina (d. 1360)

236

(3)

Michelina of Pesaro (d. 1356) and Spouse

239

(2)

Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373) and Ulf Gudmarsson

241

(12)

John Colombini (d. 1367) and Biagia Cerretani

253

(3)

Joan Mary de Maille (d. 1414) and Robert de Sille

256

(2)

Catherine of Vadstena (d. 1381) and Eggard von Kurnen

258

(2)

Dorothy of Montau (d. 1394) and Albert Schwertfeger

260

(6)

Hedwig (d. 1399) and Jagiello

266

(3)

Rita of Cascia (d. 1457) and Paolo Mancini

269

(8)

Margaret of Savoy (d. 1464) and Theodore Palaeologus of Montferrat

277

(2)

Frances of Rome (d. 1440) and Lorenzo Dei Ponziani

279

(4)

Helen of Udine (d. 1458) and Antony dei Cavalcanti

283

(2)

Antonia of Florence (d. 1472) and Spouse

285

(1)

Galeotto Roberto Malatesta (d. 1432) and Margherita d'Este

286

(1)

Nicholas von Flue (d. 1487) and Dorothea Wissling

287

(9)

Mark of Montegallo (d. 1496) and Chiara dei Tibaldeschi

296

(2)

Seraphina (d. 1478) and Alexander Sforza

298

(3)

Catherine of Genoa (d. 1510) and Julian Adorno

301

(7)

Louisa de Savoy (d. 1503) and Hugh de Chalons

308

(1)

Margaret of Lorraine (d. 1521) and Rene of Alencon

309

(2)

Joan of France (d. 1505) and Louis of Orleans

311

(4)

Helena of Bologna (d. 1520) and Benedict dall' Oglio

315

(2)

Louisa Albertoni (d. 1533) and James de Cithara

317

(2)

Thomas More (d. 1535) and Jane Colt

319

(14)

Francis Borgia (d. 1572) and Eleonor de Castro

333

(7)

Thomas Percy (d. 1572) and Anne Somerset

340

(2)

Alphonsus Rodriguez (d. 1617) and Mary Suarez

342

(2)

Renata of Bavaria (d. 1602) and Wilhelm V of Bavaria

344

(3)

Joan de Lestonnac (d. 1640) and Gaston de Montferrant

347

(3)

Mary of the Incarnation (d. 1618) and Peter Acarie

350

(3)

Jane Frances de Chantal (d. 1641) and Christopher de Rabutin

353

(8)

Virginia Centurione (d. 1651) and Gasparo Bracelli

361

(3)

Mary of the Incarnation (Guyart) (d. 1672) and Claude Martin

364

(5)

Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais (d. 1771) and Francois d'Youville

369

(3)

Anna Mary (Gianetti) Taigi (d. 1837) and Dominic Taigi

372

(5)

Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) Seton (d. 1821) and William Magee Seton

377

(3)

Elisabeth Canori Mora (d. 1825) and Cristoforo Mora

380

(6)

Joachima de Mas y de Vedruna (d. 1854) and Theodore de Mas

386

(4)

Benedetta (Cambiagio) Frassinello (d. 1858) and Giovanni B. Frassinello

390

(2)

John Francis Vaughan (d. 1880) and Louisa Elizabeth Rolls

392

(5)

Paula Cerioli (d. 1865) and Gaetano Buzecchi-Tassis

397

(4)

Louis Martin (d. 1894) and Maria Azelia Guerin (d. 1877)

401

(12)

Bartolo Longo (d. 1926) and Marianna de Fusco

413

(11)

Rafaela Ibarra (d. 1900) and Jose de Vilallonga

424

(2)

Victoria Rasoamanarivo (d. 1894) and Radriaka Rainilaiarivony

426

(3)

Ladislaus Batthyany-Strattmann (d. 1931) and Maria Theresia Coreth

429

(4)

Hedwig Anthofer (d. 1940) and Ernst Kronsteiner (d. 1951)

433

(5)

Charles of Austria (d. 1922) and Zita

438

(10)

Franz Jagerstatter (d. 1943) and Franziska Schwaninger

448

(7)

Gianna Beretta Molla (d. 1962) and Pietro Molla

455

(7)

Niklaus Wolf von Rippertschwand (d. 1832) and Barbara Muller

462

(1)

Stephen of Hungary (d. 1038) and Gisela (d. 1060)

463

(5)

Philip Howard (d. 1962) and Anne

468

(5)

Frederic Ozanam (d. 1853) and Amelie Soulacroix

473

(8)

Giuseppe Antonio Tovini (d. 1897) and Emilia Corbolani

481

(7)

Anna Rosa Gattorno (d. 1900) and Gerulamo Custo

488

(2)

Ceferino Gimenez Malla (d. 1936) and Teresa Gimenez Castro

490

(6)

Vincente Vilad David (d. 1937) and Isabel Rodes Reig

496

(2)

Peter To Rot (d. 1945) and Paula la Varpit

498

(5)

Index

503

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