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Louis IX
(also known as: Saint Louis)
(1215-70)
King of France




LOUIS IX., SAINT (1215-1270). See FRANCE, vol. ix. pp. 542, 543. He was canonized by Boniface VIII. in 1297, and is commemorated in the Roman Catholic Church on August 25 or 26. He was succeeded by his son Philip III.








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