The Manly Saints Project

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Blessed Charles the Good

Blessed Charles the Good

Crusader. Almsgiver. Martyr.

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Name: Count Charles of Flanders

Status: Blessed

Feast: March 2

Lived: 1086 - 1127 AD

Join me today as we learn about a Christian lord who loved to fight - and who spent his life fighting for the poor.

Detail of the reliquary of Blessed Charles the Good, in Saint Saviour Cathedral, Bruges (Source: Daderot)

Let’s imagine that you and I, in a somewhat macabre s…

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