Gregorio Celli
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Gregorio Celli (1225 (purportedly) – 11 May 1343) was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine.[1] Celli lived with the latter order in Rimini until he decided to spend the remainder of his life in deep contemplation and so moved to the region's hills where he dwelled in a cave near the Franciscans stationed there.[2][3] It is claimed he was expelled from his order and became a Franciscan though there is no evidence to support this claim.
His beatification received approval from Pope Clement XIV on 6 September 1769 after the pontiff confirmed the late friar's local 'cultus' - otherwise known as popular and enduring veneration.
Life
Gregorio Celli was born in
Each evening his mother would set off for the local church to find her son there who remained entranced with the
In 1300 he set off for
Gregorio Celli died in mid-1343.[1] His remains are now interred in the church of Saint Augustine in Verucchio.[2]
Beatification
Citizens in Rimini requested on numerous occasions that a beatification process be opened and it was believed that Pope Innocent VI drew up a decree for the actual beatification itself in 1357. People in Rimini again began pushing for beatification in 1757.[1] The beatification was later approved on 6 September 1769 after Pope Clement XIV issued a formal decree that acknowledged the fact that there existed a spontaneous and enduring local 'cultus' - otherwise known as popular veneration - to the late monk.