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Benedict Joseph Labre

French mendicant and saint

Died when: 35 years 23 days (420 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Benedict Joseph Labre

Benedict Joseph Labre (French: Benoît-Joseph Labre, 25 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French mendicant, Franciscan tertiary, and Catholic saint.Labre was from a well to do family near Arras, France.

After attempting a monastic lifestyle, he opted instead for the life of a pilgrim.He traveled to most of the major shrines of Europe, subsisting by begging.

Labre is patron saint of the homeless.

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