At Ptolemais (Acre) in Palestine, Saint Albert, bishop, who, transferred from the Church of Vercelli to that of Jerusalem, handed down a rule to the hermits of Mount Carmel and, while celebrating the feast of the Holy Cross, was slain with a sword by a wicked man whom he had rebuked.
September 14th
Saint Albert of Jerusalem
Latin Original
Ptolemáide in Palaestina, sancti Albérti, epíscopi, qui, e Vercellénsi ad Hierosolymitánam translátus Ecclésiam, eremítis montis Carméli régulam trádidit et, dum festum Sancte» Crucis celebrábat, ab ímprobo hómine, quem reprehénderat, gládio enecátus est.