Benedict Joseph Labre, TOSF was a French 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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• The homeless
• those suffering from mental illness

1748-03-26

1783-04-16

canonized

8 December 1881

Pope Leo XIII

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