"It is the saints who change the world for the better, they transform it in a lasting way, injecting in it energies that only love inspired by the Gospel can arouse. The saints are the great benefactors of humanity!" Pope Benedict XVI
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Day 346 -- Blessed Angelus Agostini Mazzinghi
Blessed Angelus Agostini Mazzinghi was born in 1377 in Florence, Italy. He was a Carmelite priest and a theology professor. He was the first member of the reformed observance of Our Lady of the Wood. He was the Prior of many houses. He was a noted preached. He retired to the Carmelite house in Florence and spent his last years in prayer. He died on August 17, 1438 in Florence. He was beatified on March 7, 1761.
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