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Saint Andrew Corsini - January 6 TheFatimaCenter Memorial 6 January 9 January (Discalced Carmelites) formerly 4 February Profile Following a wild and misspent youth, Andrew became a Carmelite at …More
Saint Andrew Corsini - January 6

TheFatimaCenter Memorial 6 January 9 January (Discalced Carmelites)
formerly 4 February Profile Following a wild and misspent youth, Andrew became a Carmelite at Florence, Italy in 1318. Studied at Paris and Avignon, France. Prior. Provincial of Tuscany, Italy in 1348. Bishop of Fiesole, Italy on 13 October 1349. Had the gifts of prophecy and miracles. Noted peacemaker between quarreling Italian houses.

Born

1302 at Florence, Italy

Died

6 January 1374 at Fiesole, Italy
relics in the church of Sainta Maria del Carmine in Florence, Italy

Beatified

1374 by Pope Gregory XI

Canonized

29 April 1629 by Pope Urban VIII

Patronage

against civil disorder
against riot

Carmelites

Representation

holding a cross, with a wolf and lamb at his feet, and floating above a battlefield on a cloud or a white palfrey
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