Andrew Corsini
Life and witness
At Florence, of St. Andrew Corsini, of Florence, a Carmelite, bishop of Fiesoli, whom famous for miracles, Urban VIII. canonized for a saint.
Biographical overview
Andrea Corsini (30 November 1302 – 6 January 1373 or 1374) was an Italian Catholic prelate and professed member from the Carmelites who served as the Bishop of Fiesole from 1349 until his death. Corsini led a wild and dissolute life until a rebuke from his mother moved him to go to the Santa Maria del Carmine church where he resolved to join the Carmelites as a priest and friar. He exercised various roles in the order, until reluctantly he accepted his episcopal position. In order to accept that position, he imposed greater mortifications upon himself than that required by the order, and dedicated himself to the plight of the poor. Devotion to the late bishop became so profound after his death that miracles were reported at his tomb. The longstanding and popular devotion to Corsini led to Pope Eugene IV confirming his beatification on 21 April 1440 and Pope Urban VIII canonizing him as a saint on 22 April 1629.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Florentiae natalis sancti Andreae Corsini, civis Florentini, ex Ordine Carmelitarum, Episcopi Faesulani et Confessoris; quem, miraculis clarum, Urbanus Papa Octavus in Sanctorum numerum retulit. Ejus autem festivitas recolitur pridie Nonas Februarii.