Angelo Paoli
| Blessed Angelo Paoli | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Priest | |
| Born |
1 September 1642 Argigliano, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| Died |
17 January 1720 (aged 77) Rome, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 25 April 2010, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Italy by Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| Major shrine | San Martino ai Monti |
Blessed Angelo Paoli (1 September 1642 - 17 January 1720) was an Italian Roman Catholic Carmelite known as "the father of the poor".
On 25 April 2010 he was beatified in the Basilica of St. John Lateran and Archbishop Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.
Life
Angelo Paoli was born in Argigliano as the son of Angelo Paoli and Santa Morelli.
As an adolsecent he spent the greater part of his leisure time in teaching Catholic doctrine to the poor children of Argigliano. At the age of eighteen he was admitted to the novitiate of the Calced Carmelites at Siena.
After making his vows he spent six years doing his studies and was later ordained to the priesthood. Paoli was then appointed to the community at Pisa. He was subsequently transferred to Cupoli, Monte Catino, and Fivizzano. Specially devoted to the Passion, he caused wooden crosses to be erected on the hills around Fivizzano (and afterwards in the Coliseum at Rome) to bring the sacred tragedy more vividly before the minds of the inhabitants.
In 1687, he was called to Rome and stationed at the Convent of St. Martin. The remaining years of his life were divided between the care of the sick poor in the city hospitals and the office of Master of Novices.
Veneration
His virtues were declared by Pope Pius VI in 1781 to be heroic. In a July 2009 meeting with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Archbishop Angelo Amato, a miracle (that had been separately reviewed and voted by the medical, theological, and then prelate members of the C.C.S. as valid) was formally approved by Pope Benedict XVI.
The beatification was held at the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome on 25 April 2010.[1]
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. Angelo Paoli". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. The entry cites:- Analecta ordinis Carmelitarum, fasc. I-XII.