Saint of the Day Feast: February 26 ✠ St. Isabelle of France ✠ Founder of Poor Clare Monastery of Longchamp: Born: March 1225 Paris, France Died: February 23, 1270 (Aged 45) Longchamp, Pays de France, Kingdom of France Venerated in: Catholic Church (Poor Clares in France) Beatified: 1521 AD Pope Leo X Canonized: 1696 AD Pope Innocent XII Patronage: Patroness of the Sick Isabelle of France was the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sicily. In 1256, she founded the Poor Clare monastery of Longchamp in the part of the Forest of Rouvray (now called the Bois de Boulogne), west of Paris. Isabelle consecrated her virginity and her entire life to God alone. She is honoured as a saint by the Franciscan Order. Her feast day is on the 26th of February. The daughter of King Louis VIII and Queen B...