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title: "St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Feast Day November 17 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/
description: "St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious, patron of bakers, brides, and charitable workers. Feast day November 17, died c. 1231. Read their life in Bless."
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Religious · Feast day November 17

# St. Elizabeth of Hungary

The feast day of St. Elizabeth of Hungary is November 17, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of bakers, brides, and charitable workers.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [November 17](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/#17) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | c. 1231 |
| Patron of | [bakers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#bakers), [brides](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#brides), [charitable workers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#charitable-workers) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, November 17, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/#calendar) |

## Life

A Hungarian princess married at fourteen to the Landgrave of Thuringia — a genuine love match, rare in royal marriages. She bore three children, and scandalized the court by dressing simply, feeding hundreds daily at the castle gate, and building a hospital below the Wartburg where she nursed the sick herself.

Widowed at twenty when her husband died on crusade, she was driven from the castle, embraced Franciscan poverty, and spent her last years serving the poor of Marburg with her own hands. She died at twenty-four, already loved as the great almsgiver of the age.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Elizabeth of Hungary as patron of bakers, brides, and charitable workers.

[Bakers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#bakers) [Brides](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#brides) [Charitable workers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#charitable-workers)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, November 17, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/17/) | St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious (Memorial) | White | Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22 · Psalm 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 · 1 John 4:10b · Luke 19:1-10 |
| [Wednesday, November 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/11/17/) | St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious (Memorial) | White | 2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 · Psalm 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b and 15 · See John 15:16 · Luke 19:11-28 |
| [Friday, November 17, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/11/17/) | St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious (Memorial) | White | Psalm 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18 · Luke 21:28 · Luke 17:26-37 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[November 16 St. Gertrude the Great](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gertrude-the-great/) [November 18 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rose-philippine-duchesne/)

[All the saints of November](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/) [Born on November 17?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#11-17) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Feast day November 17

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/#calendar)

In the app

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