Ludovico Morbioli
Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Gregory XVI | |
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Feast | 9 November |
Attributes | Crucifix with banner |
Ludovico Morbioli (1433 - 9 November 1485) was an
Morbioli's beatification received full approval on 24 October 1843 after Pope Gregory XVI confirmed the late penitent's longstanding and enduring local 'cultus' - or popular veneration.
Life
Ludovico Morbioli was born in 1433 in Bologna to Francesco Antonio and Agnes Morbioli as one of six children (five males and one female).
He led a dissolute life of vice that included drinking and other forms of pleasure-seeking.[2]
Morbioli married Lucia Tura - the daughter of Giovanni who knew Morbioli's father.[2] In 1462 he relocated to Venice where he was stricken with a serious illness which prompted him to be taken to the Canons Regular of Saint Salvatore for aid and in order to recuperate.[1] It was during his time of recuperation that he underwent a profound spiritual crisis that challenged him to the core and resulted in his determination to make a radical change to his own life - one of penance for his earlier misdeeds.
He returned to Bologna sometime in 1470 in order to start a life of penitence with austerities he would undertake as a particular penance. He separated from his wife and put on a plain shirt - hence being confused for a
He spent his last months in a basement that he transformed into a cell like those in
Beatification
The beatification process commenced under Pope Innocent X in 1654 after being titled as a Servant of God while Cardinal Girolamo Boncompagni inaugurated the process; this process never completed and the cause was suspended despite such a popular 'cultus' - or popular veneration - to the late Morbioli.[1]