*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. On April 25, 1214, King Louis IX of France, the saint for whom the city is named, was born. Detail of a statue depicting St ...

On April 25, 1214, King Louis IX of France, the saint for whom the city is named, was born. The statue of St. Louis was unveiled in Forest Park on Oct. 4, 1906.

Louis IX (25 April 1214 to 25 August 1270), commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He went on two crusades, in his mid-30s in 1248 (Seventh Crusade) and then again in ...

The story of Louis IX starts approximately 800 years ago in 1214 AD, when he was born to Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. His father had worked to prevent further incursions into France due to ...

JTA — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis issued an emphatic defense of the city’s statue of King Louis IX, the Missouri city’s namesake, without mentioning his persecution of Jews ...

A crowd of around 200 people gathered Saturday near the “Apotheosis of St. Louis," the formal name for the bust of King Louis IX of France, which sits atop a hill in the city's Forest Park ...

ST. LOUIS — At the peak of Art Hill, a statue of St. Louis' namesake sits high. Saturday, at least two groups rallied around the statue of King Louis IX in protest. One group calling for its ...

Apotheosis of St. Louis is a statue of King Louis IX of France, namesake of St. Louis, Missouri, located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park (photo: Wikimedia) ...

The protests over King Louis IX' statue comes amid calls across the country to remove other monuments, particularly those honoring Confederate leaders. Protesters face off over statue of St. Louis ...