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title: "St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Feast Day July 4 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-portugal/
description: "St. Elizabeth of Portugal, Queen, patron of peacemakers. Remembered on July 4, died c. 1336. Read their life in Bless."
---

Queen · Remembered on July 4

# St. Elizabeth of Portugal

St. Elizabeth of Portugal is remembered on July 4 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of peacemakers.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [July 4](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/#4) |
| Title | Queen |
| Died | c. 1336 |
| Patron of | [peacemakers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#peacemakers) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, July 4, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-portugal/#calendar) |

## Life

An Aragonese princess named for her great-aunt of Hungary, married at twelve to a faithless king whose children by other women she raised. Her life’s work was peace: she rode between armies drawn for battle — her own son’s among them — and stopped wars three times. Widowed, she died a Franciscan tertiary, on a final peace mission.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Elizabeth of Portugal as patron of peacemakers.

[Peacemakers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#peacemakers)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Barnabas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-barnabas/) peacemakers · June 11

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 Portugal. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, July 4, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/04/) | Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Ezekiel 2:2-5 · Psalm 123:1-2, 2, 3-4 · 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 · Cf. Luke 4:18 · Mark 6:1-6 |
| [Tuesday, July 4, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/04/) | Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 · Psalm 5:4b-6a, 6b-7, 8 · Psalm 130:5 · Matthew 8:23-27 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[July 3 St. Thomas the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-the-apostle/) [July 5 St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-mary-zaccaria/)

[All the saints of July](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/) [Born on July 4?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#07-04) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Elizabeth of Portugal

Remembered on July 4

On this page

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

In the app

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