Blessed James

This fellow James was from near Lombardy, in Italy during the 13th century.  One historian said that the 13th was the Church’s greatest of centuries.  Well here is one to put a dark mark on that.  James studied law but then became a priest.  He finds an abandoned hospital and from his own expense restores it and cares for the sick.  He shared his legal knowledge with the poor, but he upset his bishop. Why?  Because in his legal research he found that previous bishops had unjustly appropriated funds for that hospital that had gone to ruins.  The current bishop was unwilling to acknowledge or rectify the injustice.  James brought legal suit in court and won.  So the bishop invites him to dinner.  On the way home, brigands arranged for by said bishop, ambushed and assassinated James.  Money and reputation often are behind a lot of bad stuff.