Religious Figure. He was a Roman Catholic Saint who was born in nobility. He was born the second eldest son of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary, also known as Louis of Sicily and Louis of Marseille. His father was a nephew of Louis IX of France and his mother a niece of Margaret of Hungary and Kinga of Hungary. Like his brothers, he was raised in Brignoles. When he was about ten-years-old, he met François Brun, a Franciscan monk, who became his companion. After the battle of Naples in 1284, his father was imprisoned by Alfonso III of Aragon. When Louis' grandfather died six months later, it became necessary that Charles returned to Naples. The negotiations lasted for quite some time. In 1288 it was agreed that his three younger sons, Louis, Robert and Raimund Berengar, as well as sixty young nobles would go to Aragon as hostages to secure Charles release. Louis was also accompanied by the Franciscans François Brun and Pierre Scarrerii. During their stay in Aragon from 1288 until 1295, they were able to spend their days comparatively free, but were secluded from the public. Louis became the leader of the community and wrote a set of rules for them. He studied Latin and theology and showed great interest in the Franciscan order. When he became ill with tuberculosis, he vowed to devote his life to God. He renewed this vow after his recovery. In 1294 Celestine V appointed him Archbishop of Lyon, but he never was consecrated and Boniface VIII abolished the decision six month later. Aragon and Naples signed a peace contract in 1295 and Louis was reunited with his family in October. Two weddings between the oldest members of the families were supposed to strengthen the treaty. But without his father's knowledge or consent, Louis was ordained as a priest while the wedding between his sister and Jacob II of Aragon was being prepared. After the death of his elder brother in 1295, he had become heir to the throne, but once freed he had renounced his rights in favor of his brother Robert. On December 24, 1296 he became a member of the Franciscan order and was named Bishop of Toulouse three days later. He died in the following year and was buried in the church of the Franciscans in Marseille. Starting in 1300, his father tried to have him canonized and was able to see the trial in 1308 in Marseille, yet it would be another nine years passed before Pope John XXII canonized him. In 1433 Alfonso V had most of his relics transferred to Valencia. He is often portrayed as a young bishop in a Franciscan habit with a crown at his feet.