Blessed Henry the Shoemaker
- Also known as
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Henry Michael Bucke
Heinrich Bucke
Der Gute Heinrich
Henry the Good
- Memorial
- 9 June
- Profile
- Shoemaker.
Moved to Paris in 1645 where, with the help of Baron de Renti, he founded the Confraternity of Saints Crispin and Crispinian (Freres Cordonniers) for the spiritual development of his fellow cobblers.
Though he considered beati, there is no evidence of a public cultus for Henry.
- Born
- in Luxemburg
- Died
- 1666
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