Blessed Henrik Of Denmark
Also known as: Enrico di Danimarca; Henry of Perugia
Feast Day
13 March (Perugia, Italy); the date was dropped in the calendar reforms that followed Vatican II, but was returned in 2007
Died
13 March 1415 at the Hospital of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Perugia, Italy of natural causes; legend says that at the moment of his death the town‘s church bells rang without being moved by anyone; relics re-enshrined in an urn in the 18th century
Biography
Blessed Henrik of Denmark, also known as Enrico di Danimarca and Henry of Perugia, was a devout Franciscan tertiary and a member of the Danish royal family. Born in Denmark, Henrik felt a profound calling to a life of holiness and dedicated himself to the service of God.
Cause for Canonization
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