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3 unusual facts about Louis of Toulouse


Cours Saint-Louis

The cours Saint-Louis is a street in Marseille, named after Louis of Toulouse (elder brother of Robert of Naples) rather than Saint Louis.

Glashütten bei Schlaining

The present Romanesque church — dedicated to Saint Louis of Toulouse, whose cult had been much promoted in mediæval Europe by King Charles I of Hungary (1307–1342) — was built in 1816; it was sheathed in asbestos in 1906.

Kolleg St. Ludwig

The college was named after Saint Louis of Toulouse, a saint who was an heir to the throne of Napoli, but who renounced the throne and gave it to his younger brother, and himself became a Franciscan monk, took all the Franciscan vows and served the poor, the sick and the hungry.



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Decemviri Altarpiece

At her sides are the saints Lawrence, Louis of Toulouse, Herculanus and Constantius of Perugia.