KING ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

KING ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

ALFRED THE GREATKing of England

36th 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 METZ40th GGF of A E King Sr

• Bishop of Metz• Often portrayed with a

rake in his hand• Feast day July 18

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ST GONDOLFUS42nd GGF of A E King Sr

• Bishop of Tongeren and Maastrich

• Feast Day July 16

ST HENRY31st GGF of A E King Sr

• Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

• Feast Day is July 13

ST ITTA OF METZ41st GGM of A E King Sr

• Founded the Benedicine nunnery at Nivelles

• Feast Day May 8

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

ST LOUIS23rd GGF of A E King Sr

• King Louis IX of France• Feast day August 25

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

ST MARGARET OF SCOTLAND25th GGM of A E King Sr

• Instigated religious reform in Scotland (previously Irish rather than Roman)

• Feast Day November 16

ST MATILDA OF RINGELHEIM34th GGM of A E King Sr

• Wife of King Henry I of Germany

• Established Quedlinburg Abbey

• Feast Day March 14

ST OLAF OF NORWAY31st GGF of A E King Sr

• Converted much of Norway to Christianity

• Feast Day July 29

ST OLGA OF KIEV30th GGM of A E King Sr

• First ruler of Rus Kiev to convert to Christianity

• Feast Day July 11

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

ST AELGIFU34th GGM of A E King Sr

• Wife of Edmund I the Magnificent of England

• Associated with Shaftesbury Abbey

• Feast Day May 18

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

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

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

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