In the monastery of Igny in France, Blessed Guerric, abbot, who, a true disciple of Saint Bernard, when on account of bodily weakness he could not offer his brethren an example of manual labor, strengthened them all the more by spiritual sermons abounding in humility and charity.
August 19th
Blessed Guerric of Igny
Latin Original
In monastério Igniénsi in Gállia, beáti Guerríci, abbátis, qui, verus sancti Bernárdi discípulus, cum propter córporis debilitétém frátribus suis exémplum labóris praeebére non posset, eos máxime firmábat spiritálibus sermónibus humilitáte et caritáte crebris.