Andrew Corsini
Peacemaker
Andrea Corsini ( Andreas Corsini ) ( born November 30, 1301/1302 in Florence, † January 6, 1374 in Fiesole) was a bishop of the diocese of Fiesole.
Life
He came from an aristocratic family Corsini from Florence. At the age of fifteen, he joined the Order of the Carmelites at Florence. In 1324 he was ordained a priest and sent to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, after which he studied in Avignon. After he returned to Florence in 1347, there broke a plague, and the people began to hold him as a prophet and miracle worker. In 1348 he was appointed Provincial of Tuscany during the General Chapter in Metz. This post he held for two years ( 1348-1349 ). Pope Clement VI. appointed him on 13 October 1349 as the successor of the deceased to plague Fuligno Carboni, Bishop of Fiesole.
His ascetic rigor and absolute dedication to the service was not accepted by all. Compassionate, energetic, but not always obedient he was a good administrator and judge. Often he reconciled the warring parties of the different Italian cities. He won a reputation as a peacemaker between rival political factions. On behalf of Urban V. ( 1370 ) he went to Bologna. Tirelessly he attended for 24 years, the parishes of the diocese, hospitals and hospices to help the poor. He renewed and built churches, fighting fraud and violations of celibacy.
He died at the age of 71 years on the day of the Epiphany ( Epiphany ). He was buried in Florence in the family chapel of the Corsini in Santa Maria del Carmine.
Cult
After his death, Pope Eugene IV permit because of the many miracles attributed to a certain Corsini worship cult. Memorial Day was first January 6, on which the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Epiphany. A canonization by a papal bull was only in 1724 by Benedict XIII. instead. The Polish Church and the Carmelite monasteries commemorate the saint on January 9. 1652, Pope Clement XII. (Lorenzo Corsini ) in the Basilica of San Giovanni build an altar for his holy ancestors in Laterano in Rome. At his death a solemn Reliqienprozession takes place in Florence.
His name is hard February 4 since the time of Alexander VII.