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Also known as: Andres
Corsino; Apostle of Florence
Memorial: 4 February
Profile
Following a wild and misspent youth, Andrew became a Carmelite at
Florence. Studied at Paris and Avignon, France. Prior. Provincial of
Tuscany in 1348. Bishop of Fiesole on 13 October 1349. Had the gift of
prophecy and miracle worker. Noted peacemaker between quarreling Italian
houses.
Born: 1302 at Florence, Italy
Died: 6 January 1374 at Fiesole, Italy; relics at Florence, Italy
Beatified: 1374
Canonized: 29 April 1629 by Pope Urban VIII
Patronage: civil disorder, riot
Representation: holding a cross, with a wolf and lamb at his feet,
and floating above a battlefield on a cloud or a white palfrey
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