St Elizabeth of Hungary d Nov 17 1231 at 24. Betrothed as a child to the prince of Thuringia, she went on to have a happy marriage and bore 3 children. But her in-laws disapproved of her piety and inordinate charity toward the poor and sick. She nursed lepers with her own hands.
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When her husband died, they drove Elizabeth from the castle in the middle of the night, carrying only her newborn baby. She found shelter in a pig-shed. She supported herself by spinning and fishing and continued visiting the sick in the hospices she had endowed.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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