January 15th

Blessed James the Almsgiver

Blessed · Common of Holy Men and Women · Pieve, Umbria, Italy

At Pieve in Umbria, Blessed James, surnamed the Almsgiver, who, learned in law, showed himself an advocate of the poor and the oppressed.

Latin Original

Plebe in Umbria, beáti Iacóbi, cognoménto Eleemosynárii, qui, juris peritus, advocátum páuperum et oppressórum se praebuit.