Anthony Baldinucci

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Blessed Anthony Baldinucci, S.J.
Society of Jesus)
BeatifiedApril 23, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII
Feast7 November
Attributesdepicted with a miraculous Refugium Peccatorum image of the Virgin Mary
Patronageepidemics

Anthony Baldinucci, S.J. (June 19, 1665 – November 7, 1717), was an

missions.[1][2]

Life

Baldinucci was born in

ordained as a priest on October 28, 1695. He was then sent to study theology at the Roman College. He carried out his regency teaching at the Jesuit schools in Terni and Rome. He was admitted to the fourth vow of the Society on 15 August 1698.[3]

Baldinucci had wanted to become a missionary in Asia, but his poor health kept him from that path. Instead, he worked in central Italy, specifically in the cities of

Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola.[4]

Baldinucci’s preaching was simple, vivid and dramatic.

crowns of thorns and scourge themselves.[1]
Given the size of these processions, Baldinucci often employed a number of laymen (whom he called deputati) to help manage the crowd. Many of these "deputati" were drawn from the people he thought might otherwise be tempted to disrupt the processions.

Baldinucci himself walked barefoot to each mission assignment,[4] often carried a cross during his preaching, and often wore heavy chains. He would also walk through the assembled people scourging himself to the point of drawing blood and beyond. He would often finish these missions with the burning of various possible instruments of vice, including cards, dice, musical instruments, and the like, in the public square. People were reported to also lay their daggers and pistols at his feet at this time. His appearances were so popular and well attended that he often found crowds covering the walls of city when he arrived to deliver a mission.

Baldinucci had a particular devotion to the

Church of the Gesu (Frascati) was carried with him in his travels. He also worked diligently to spread Marian devotions
in his travels.

In addition to his preaching, Baldinucci also wrote two courses of sermons for Lent, gathered material for many more, composed a number of discourses, and maintained a long correspondence list.

After suffering from a myocardial infarction in the course of one of his preaching tours, brought on by fatigue, Baldinucci died in the village of Pofi, in the ancient region of Lazio, then part of the Papal States.[5]

Veneration

The process leading to Baldinucci's

Venerable in 1873, and was beatified on March 25, 1893.[6] The cause for his canonization was opened on April 3, 1950.[6]

The Jesuit Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Florence still preserves the crucifix he wore during his missions.[3]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Campbell, Thomas. "Bl. Anthony Baldinucci." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 24 Jun. 2013
  2. ISBN 0-7661-7269-4
    page 26
  3. ^ a b "Baldinucci, Antonio". Censimento dei manoscritti delle biblioteche italiane (in Italian).
  4. ^ a b c ""Blessed Anthony Baldinucci, SJ" The Jesuits - Singapore". Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  5. ^ "Beato Antonio Baldinucci". Santi e beati (in Italian).
  6. ^ a b Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 22.

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