The fact that Saint Elizabeth worked so tirelessly to help those around her is miraculous enough, especially with all the hardships she endured in her devotion to Master Conrad. There are several incidents, however, which stand out in the history of her life.
Elizabeth often brought the sick into the castle. Once her husband was gone, and she placed a very sick leper in his bed. "He was in such a condition from disease that no one else could be got to nurse him" (Lives of the Saints, 425). He came home unexpectedly, and his mother indignantly exclaimed how horrible it was that Elizabeth had brought infectious disease into his room. She ran to the bed and pulled back the covers to show the horrible proof. Ludwig replied, "I see only Jesus Christ ministered to in the person of His sick member" (425). As legends evolve, the leper is actually transformed into Christ on his cross discovered in Ludwig's bed. The image below depicts this "miracle."
During the famine of 1225, Elizabeth continued to give of herself tirelessly. One day she was walking with a bundle full of loaves of bread. When her husband lifted her cloak, he saw that the bread had turned to roses, and a cross shone in the air above her head. This myth has been adopted by many saints, including Elizabeth's namesake, Elizabeth of Portugal. This miracle explains why Saint Elizabeth is the patron saint of bakers. There is also something symbolic about embodying bread and roses, caring for the body and the soul.
Numerous miracles were also reported in her name after her death, including the healing of a monk, and the healing of a demoniac pregnant woman. A man named Hermann prayed to Saint Elizabeth to comfort him in prison, and the next day he was saved from a hanging. Also, a child who had drowned in a well was revived. Frederick, a mariner, mocked a poor man who had been helped by Saint Elizabeth. The poor man said, "This holy lady which hath healed me will avenge me on thee, so that thou shalt never come out of the water but dead" (The Golden Legend, 229). Promptly, the man drowned, but he was revived by Saint Elizabeth after his friends professed their loyalty to her.