1260: KING LOUIS IX dedicates Chartres Chatedral

Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He was born in Paris. He become a King at the age 9 years old. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians

As King Lois believed in Jesus Christ, he was following him and lived he’s life according to learn from Jesus. Jesus is something that we all need to know that he gave he’s life for us. He lived very poor but he gave so much and now we are facing people who live rich and giving poor.

As Lois believed in God and he’s life he also devoted to faith he was extraordinarily very good to become after he’s dead a Saint. We are facing today a lot of people who are very good and they are giving a lot to those in need. We have probably less Saints and we have more misunderstandings. Saint is someone who come with a lot, give lot and try to teach us about the faith in Jesus. They come if you pray for them and they listen to every word we say in our prayer.

The Cathedral took 26 years to complete. King Lois also known as Saint Lois was a king of France from 1226 to 1270. Lois did the significant reforms in the French legal system creating a royal justice mechanism that allowed petitioners to appeal judgements directly to the monarch.

He inspired Gothic Art and Architecture. The style of he’s court was influential throughout Europe. Artwork he purchased from Persians, masters for export. During the so-called “golden century of Saint Louis”, the kingdom of France was at its height in Europe, both politically and economically. Saint Louis was regarded as primus inter pares“, first among equals, among the kings and rulers of the continent. He commanded the largest army and ruled the largest and wealthiest kingdom, the European centre of arts and intellectual thought at the time. The foundations for the notable college of theology, later known as the Sorbonne, were laid in Paris about the year 1257. The perception of Louis IX by his contemporaries as the exemplary Christian prince was reinforced by his religious zeal. Louis was an extremely devout Catholic, and he built the Sainte-Chapelle (“Holy Chapel”),[1] located within the royal palace complex (now the Paris Hall of Justice), on the Île de la Cité in the centre of Paris. The Sainte Chapelle, a prime example of the Rayonnant style of Gothic architecture, was erected as a shrine for the crown of thorns and a fragment of the True Cross, precious relics of the Passion of Christ.

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