St. Louis is a star layman in the Church Triumphant. I highly suggest reading a biography of this great saint. His mother and regent said to him, "I would rather see you dead at my feet than guilty of a mortal sin." Louis took this statement seriously.
This man gives us an example of a real leader among leaders, creating justice in his realm, encouraging the arts, fighting and giving his life for the beleaguered Catholics in the Holy Land.
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Statue of Louis IX, Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, Paris 2009CC BY 2.0
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We celebrate his feast day tomorrow. He was a king, soldier, law-maker, patron of the arts, husband, father, personal carer of the poor and ill, including lepers, servant of God. I have put a link to one short biography of him for you
here.
