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KING ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

KING ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS. ALFRED THE GREAT King of England 36 th GGF of A E King Sr. Not officially canonized by the Catholic Church Considered a ‘Christian Hero’ by the Anglican Church Feast day October 26. SAINT ARNULF OF METZ 40 th GGF of A E King Sr. Bishop of Metz

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KING ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

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  1. KING ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

  2. ALFRED THE GREATKing of England36th GGF of A E King Sr • Not officially canonized by the Catholic Church • Considered a ‘Christian Hero’ by the Anglican Church • Feast day October 26

  3. SAINT ARNULF OF METZ40th GGF of A E King Sr • Bishop of Metz • Often portrayed with a rake in his hand • Feast day July 18

  4. ST BATHILDE42nd GGM of A E King Sr • Wife of Clovis II of the Franks • Queen of the Franks • Sold into slavery as a child • Founded the abbeys of Corbie and Chelles • Abolished the practice of child slavery • Feast Day January 30

  5. ST BEGGA OF LANDON40th GGM of A E King Sr • Following the death of her husband she became a nun • Founded 7 churches and the convent at Andenne • Feast Day December 17

  6. ST CANUTE OF DENMARK28TH GGF of A E King Sr • King of Denmark • Murdered by rebels • First Dane to be canonized • Patron saint of Denmark

  7. ST CLOTILDE47th GGM of A E King Sr • Wife of Clovis I of the Franks • Converted her husband, and most of Europe, to Christianity • Feast Day June 4

  8. ST CLOUD (ST CLODALD)41st GGF of A E King Sr • Son of St Arnulf of Metz and St Clotilde • Renounced all claims to the throne and became a hermit • Later returned to become a bishop • Feast Day September 7

  9. ST ETHELBERT44th GGF of A E King Sr • King of Kent • Converted to Christianity by St Augustine • Converted Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity • Built the Cathedral of St Paul in London • Feast Day May 27

  10. ST FERDINAND (FERNANDO)24th GGF of A E King Sr • King of Castile • Recovered extensive lands in Spain from the Muslims and donated them to the Church • Feast Day May 30

  11. ST GONDOLFUS42nd GGF of A E King Sr • Bishop of Tongeren and Maastrich • Feast Day July 16

  12. ST HENRY31st GGF of A E King Sr • Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor • Feast Day is July 13

  13. ST ITTA OF METZ41st GGM of A E King Sr • Founded the Benedicine nunnery at Nivelles • Feast Day May 8

  14. ST JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA59TH GGF of A E King • Offered his tomb for the burial of Christ • Wrapped the body in linen and placed it in the tomb • Tied to the Legends of the Holy Grail • Feast Day March 17

  15. ST LOUIS23rd GGF of A E King Sr • King Louis IX of France • Feast day August 25

  16. ST LUDMILA35th GGM of A E King Sr • Grandmother of St Wenceslaus • Converted to Christianity by Saints Cyril and Methodius • Strangled with her veil by her daughter • Responsible for reconciling conflicts with in-laws (no RIP there) • Feast Day September 16

  17. ST MARGARET OF SCOTLAND25th GGM of A E King Sr • Instigated religious reform in Scotland (previously Irish rather than Roman) • Feast Day November 16

  18. ST MATILDA OF RINGELHEIM34th GGM of A E King Sr • Wife of King Henry I of Germany • Established Quedlinburg Abbey • Feast Day March 14

  19. ST OLAF OF NORWAY31st GGF of A E King Sr • Converted much of Norway to Christianity • Feast Day July 29

  20. ST OLGA OF KIEV30th GGM of A E King Sr • First ruler of Rus Kiev to convert to Christianity • Feast Day July 11

  21. ST RICHEZA OF LOTHARINGIA28th GGM of A E King Sr • Wife of Mieszko II of Poland • Rebuilt the Abbey of Brauweiler • Feast Day March 21

  22. ST AELGIFU34th GGM of A E King Sr • Wife of Edmund I the Magnificent of England • Associated with Shaftesbury Abbey • Feast Day May 18

  23. ST VLADIMIR28th GGF of A E King Sr • Vladimir the Great of Kiev • Completed the conversion of Rus Kiev to Christianity begun by his grandmother, St Olga • Feast Day July 15

  24. ST WENCESLAUS37th great-granduncle of A E King Sr • King of Hungary • Killed by his brother • Walked barefoot in the snow, creating warmth which kept his subjects alive • Good King Wenceslaus • Feast Day October 26

  25. ST ELIZABETH OF PORTUGAL21st GGM of AE King Sr • Wife of King Denis Alfonsez of Portugal • Founded the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha in Coimbra • Feast Day is July 8

  26. ARTHUR E (ART) KING JRSon of A E King Sr • Never canonized (never a Catholic) • Lived a saintly life and considered a saint by all who knew him

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