Arcangelo Canetoli
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Arcangelo Canetoli (1460 - 16 April 1513) was an
His beatification received full approval on 2 October 1748 after Pope Benedict XIV approved the late priest's local 'cultus' - or popular devotion.[3]
Life
Arcangelo Canetoli was born in Bologna in 1460 to nobles.
All his family was massacred during his childhood during a political feud with the
Canetoli predicted that Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici would be elected as pope sometime soon, and when this cardinal became
Canetoli died on 16 April 1513 from an intense period of fever. His remains were interred in the convent that he resided in on 3 December 1513 and are putatively incorrupt.[1]
Beatification
His beatification received formal ratification on 2 October 1748 from Pope Benedict XIV after the latter confirmed that there existed a local 'cultus' - otherwise known as popular veneration - that endured since the late priest's death.
References
- ^ a b c "Blessed Arcangelo Canetoli". Saints SQPN. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Key to Umbria: Gubbio". Key to Umbria. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Blessed Arcangelo Canetoli". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
