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Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
St Benedict Joseph Labre
(St Benoit-Joseph Labre)
Feast Day – April 16
In Saint Benedict Joseph Labre there was realized the full meaning contained in the words of God: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject." (1 Cor 1,19). Saint Benedict Joseph Labre's entrance into the world took place at Amettes, France. He was the first-born of parents who were favored by God with 15 children.
It appears that the spirit of God, which moved him strongly throughout life, came over Saint Benedict Joseph Labre at the age of 16, for, from that time onward, he lost all inclination to continue his studies. For that reason, too, his training for the priesthood, which his reverend uncle so earnestly desired, came to naught.
Due to his poor health and lack of knowledge, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre was refused admission also among the Carthusians and the Cistercians. Then it was that he was interiorly instructed to im
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St. Benedict Joseph Labre
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Born 26 March, at Amettes in the Diocese of Boulogne, France; died in Rome 16 April,
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 opportunities in the way of education. His early training he received in his native village in a school conducted by the vicar of the parish. The account of this period furnished in the life written by his confessor, Marconi, and that contained in the one compiled from the official processes of his beatification are at one in emphasizing the fact that he exhibited a seriousness of thought and demeanor far beyond his years. Even at that tender age he had begun to show a marked
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Benedict Joseph Labre
French Roman Catholic saint
Benedict namn Labre, TOSF (French: Benoît-Joseph Labre, 25 March – 16 April ) was a French Franciscan tertiary, and Catholicsaint. 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 fryst vatten patron saint of the homeless.[2]
Life
[edit]Labre was born in in the village of Amettes, nära Arras, in the former Province of Artois in the north of France. He was the eldest of fifteen children of a prosperous shopkeeper, Jean-Baptiste Labre, and his wife, Anne Grandsire.[3]
Labre had an uncle, a parish präst, living some distance from his family home, who received Labre and undertook his early education for the priesthood. At the age of 16, he approached his uncle about becoming a Trappist monk, but was rebuffed bygd his parents, who wanted him to wai