Fiesole, Italy (1373)

Summary

In 1373, while St. Andrew Corsini had been celebrating the midnight Mass of Christmas, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him and told him he would leave this world on the feast of the Epiphany, to meet God. It came to pass, and he died on that day.

1302

Andrew Corsini was born in Florence, in 1302, as member of the illustrious Corsini family.

1328

Wild and dissolute in youth, he was startled by the words of his mother about what had happened to her before his birth, and, becoming a Carmelite monk in his native city, began a life of great mortification. He studied at Paris and Avignon.

1361

On his return, Andrew became the "Apostle of Florence". He was regarded as a prophet and a thaumaturgus. After being called to the post of bishop of Fiesole, which he did not want, he fled. He was discovered by a child at the charterhouse at Enna, and was subsequently compelled to accept the honor.

December 24, 1373

While he had been celebrating the midnight Mass of Christmas, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him and told him he would leave this world on the feast of the Epiphany, to meet God.

January 6, 1374

It came to pass, and he died on that day. Miracles were so multiplied at his death that Pope Eugene IV permitted a public cult immediately;

April 29, 1629

St Andrew was canonized in Rome by Pope Urban VIII. His feast is kept on February 4.

1735

Pope Clement XII, born Lorenzo Corsini, erected in the Roman Basilica of St. John Lateran a magnificent chapel dedicated to his 14th century kinsman.