Benediction 4:30 p.m. On April 16, 1783, a ragged beggar collapsed and died in Rome, at a church which was originally a Poor Clare monastery. The man was a Third Order Franciscan, who lived hand-to-mouth, spending his time in pilgrimages and in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Benedict Joseph Labre has since been canonized, and he is frequently invoked for the mentally ill and the homeless.