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Benedict Joseph Labre, TOSF (French: Benoît-Joseph Labre, 25 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French Franciscan tertiary, and Catholic saint. Labre was from a well to do family near Arras, France.
Apr 17, 2024 · Saint Benedict Joseph Labre lived a poor life in the ruins of the Colosseum. To the uneducated eye, he appeared to be a pitiable figure, but the people of Rome saw him as a saint. He was known as the beggar of Rome.
ST. BENEDICT JOSEPH LABRE: THE BEGGAR SAINT—1748-1783. There is no condition of life which the grace of God has not sanctified; this is the first reflection that must rise in the mind of anyone who studies the history of Benedict Joseph Labre. He died a beggar in Rome in 1783.
St. Benedict Joseph Labre. Share. Born 26 March, 1748 at Amettes in the Diocese of Boulogne, France; died in Rome 16 April, 1783. He was the eldest of fifteen children.
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ST BENEDICT JOSEPH LABRE, CONFESSOR—1748-1783. Feast: April 16. Our Saviour's prophetic words, "For the poor you have always with you" (St. Mark xiv. 7), have often been forcibly brought home to each succeeding generation by scenes and incidents, many of them not wanting the element of the dramatic.
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, also known as the Beggar of Perpetual Adoration, was born as Benedetto Giuseppe Labre on March 25, 1748, in Amettes, Boulogne, France.
St. Benedict Joseph Labre was born in 1748 in the north of France. He was the eldest of 15 children. At the age of 16 Benedict desired to become a trappist monk, but his parents instructed him to wait until he was older.
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Born 26 March, 1748 at Amettes in the Diocese of Boulogne, France ; died in Rome 16 April, 1783. He was the eldest of fifteen children. His parents, Jean-Baptiste Labre and Anne-Barba Grandsire, belonged to the middle class and so were able to give to their numerous offspring considerable ...
Jul 3, 2021 · Benedict Joseph Labre was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1860. He was canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIII in 1881. He is the patron saint of the homeless, beggars, and bachelors.
