{"id":2295,"date":"2024-12-29T16:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:02:31","slug":"the-death-of-saint-louis-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=2295","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Saint Louis IX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/La_derniere_communion_de_Saint_Louis_roi_de_France_par_Gabriel-Francois_Doyen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/La_derniere_communion_de_Saint_Louis_roi_de_France_par_Gabriel-Francois_Doyen.jpg 759w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/La_derniere_communion_de_Saint_Louis_roi_de_France_par_Gabriel-Francois_Doyen-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:La_derniere_communion_de_Saint_Louis,_roi_de_France,_par_Gabriel-Francois_Doyen.jpg\"><em>La derniere communion de Saint Louis, roi de France<\/em> <em>by<\/em> <em>Gabriel Fran\u00e7ois Doyen<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Louis, as you laid upon Tunisian sands,<br>You perished not in strange lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priest and companions joined you in tent<br>And there was God\u2019s Spirit sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that council, you are consoled and console<br>As a new crown is prepared for your soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While on Egypt\u2019s shores Antony died in despair\u2014despite lover\u2019s kiss<br>You, Louis, have upon your lips bravery and boundless bliss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That Roman threw a world away for lust;<br>You surrendered all to reign with the just.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Psalms 30:6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8,40,22,52,45],"class_list":["post-2295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-faith","tag-france","tag-history","tag-north-africa","tag-rome"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2298,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions\/2298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}