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Painting Of Blessed Charles I Of Flandre By Edmond De Busscher 1858

Painting Of Blessed Charles I Of Flandre By Edmond De Busscher 1858

Blessed Charles The Good

Also known as: Charles of Flanders; Charles I of Flandre

Blessed

Martyr

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

2-Mar

Born

1083

Died

Beheaded on 2 March 1127 at Bruges, Belgium; relics at the Cathedral of Bruges

Beatified

1883 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Biography

Blessed Charles The Good, also known as Charles of Flanders or Charles I of Flandre, was born in 1083 as a prince, the son of King Saint Canute of Denmark and Adela of Flanders. Unfortunately, his father was murdered, and Charles was raised in the court of his maternal grandfather, Robert de Frison, the Count of Flanders. Flanders was a region that is now part of modern-day Belgium.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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