June 27th

Blessed Benvenutus of Gubbio

Blessed · Common of Religious · Corneto, near Bovino, Apulia, Italy

At Corneto, near Bovino in Apulia, Blessed Benvenutus of Gubbio, religious of the Order of Friars Minor, who through his humble service to the sick conformed himself to the life of the poor Christ.

In the city of Nam Định in Tonkin, Saint Thomas Toán, martyr, who, a catechist and director of the mission of Trung Linh, suffered new and most cruel torments for Christ in prison under the emperor Minh Mạng, where, worn out by hunger and thirst, he died.

Latin Original

QCornéti prope Bobínum in Apülia, beáti Benvenüti de Eugübio, religiósi ex Ordine Minórum, qui per hümile zegrotórum servítium ad vitam Christi páuperis se conformávit. 8$. Inurbe Nam Dinh in Tunquíno, sancti T’homz Toán, mártyris, qui, catechísta et missiónis Trung Linh curátor, pro Christo sub imperatóre Minh Mang nova et szevíssima supplícia in cárcere passus est, ubi fame et siti conféctus óbnt.