Guda

Guda (* probably around 1206; † after 1235 ) was one of the women in the wake of Elizabeth of Hungary and one of the key witnesses in the canonization process. Your last name is not known. Guda came from a Thuringian ministerial Lien family and the Hungarian king's daughter Elisabeth was added as a companion, as this was brought to the court of the influential Landgrave Hermann of Thuringia as a four- year-old, because she had been engaged to the eldest son of the Landgrave.

Guda was a confidante of Elizabeth of Hungary up to their end of life. Only the last three years of life, in which Elisabeth of Thuringia worked as a simple hospital nurse in the St. Francis Hospital, founded in Marburg from her, she did not share with her ​​mistress. However, they remained in contact. Guda probably would have shared the life of her mistress as a hospital nurse, but that prevented Elisabeth of Thuringia spiritual pastor Conrad of Marburg, because he was worried that Elisabeth am reminded by her confidante to her once glorious life.

Guda has gone down in history because their testimony is an essential part of the Libellus de dictis quator ancillarum sanctae Elisabeth confectus in which the statements of the four so-called servants of Elizabeth of Hungary (next Guda Isentrud of Hörselgau and the two Marburger hospital sisters Irmgard and Elizabeth) are summarized. Together with the Summa vitae they are essential sources of Elisabeth life.

The testimony of the Libellus were part of the canonization of Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia 1232 - 1235 recorded and preserved. As the only witness Guda provides information on the time until the age of 14 Landgravine. Isentrud of Hörselgau first became maid of honor of Elizabeth of Hungary, married as this 14 -year-old Ludwig of Thuringia. Guda portrays Elizabeth as a vibrant, strong-willed and resourceful child with a strong sense of justice, and religious piety. So Elizabeth of Hungary have shown from his youth pious zeal and directed her thoughts and feelings in play and seriousness to God. Historians do not evaluate their narratives as wrong, but are convinced that they were colored by the Transfiguration retrospect and driven by the desire to recognize the saintly life of Elizabeth of Hungary in their youth.