June 10th

Blessed Henry of Bolzano

Blessed · Common of Holy Men and Women · Treviso, Italy · d. 1315

At Treviso in the Veneto, Blessed Henry of Bolzano, who, a woodcutter and unlettered man, gave away all his goods to the poor; and although his strength was failing, he still begged for meager alms, which he in turn shared with beggars.

Latin Original

Tarvísii in Venétia, beáti Henríci de Bauzáno, qui lignárius et illitterátus ómnia paupéribus erogábat et, licet víribus deficiéntibus, stipem tamen precáriam emendicábat, quam cum mendícis partiebátur.