Saint Alexis of Rome Feast: July 17th • 5th century The son of a Roman senator, Alexis fled on his wedding night to live as a beggar in Edessa for seventeen years. Returnin…
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Feast: April 16th • 18th century Born in Artois in 1748, Benedict Joseph Labre renounced monastic life to become a mendicant pilgrim, traveling through t…