9 October: Feast of St. Louis Bertrand, Dominican, Missionary in South America

[Benny Bosco]

As I did not know much about St. Louis Bertrand, I researched and found an old book online from 1880's that captures his life.  He is compared to St. Francis Xavier, as an Apostle to the West, but little has been done to promote his life and miracles.

He was of the same family as St. Vincent Ferrer, who was his model.

Here's a link which takes you to a book if you'd like to read it.

Sketches of Illustrious Dominicans : St. Louis Bertrand, Julian Garces, Jerome de Loaysa (1884)

http://archive.org/stream/sketchesofillust00touruoft#page/n19/mode/2up

You can download this book and many others from Archive.org by searching on the right keywords, like "Benziger" which will give you so many to choose from at www.archive.org

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