September 20th

Blessed Adalpretus

Blessed · Common of Bishops · Arco, near Trent, Italy · d. 1172

At the town of Arco in the territory of Trent, Blessed Adalpretus, bishop, who, a vigorous protector of the poor and of orphans and a defender of the liberty of the Church, was drawn by his enemies into an ambush and, cruelly struck down, met his death.

Latin Original

Apud óppidum Arcum in pago Tridentino, beáti Adelpréti, epíscopi, qui, strénuus tutor páuperum pupillorümque et libertátis Ecclesiae defénsor, ab hóstibus in insídias indüctus et crudéliter percássus occübuit.