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Saint — Bl. Angelo Paoli, OCarm

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Bl. Angelo Paoli, OCarm
September 1, 1642 AD, Argigliano, Tuscany — January 20, 1720 AD, Rome
Italian Carmelite; apostle of the Roman poor
Church of San Martino ai Monti, Rome, Italy — his tomb, Italy
Feast
January 20
Canonized
Beatified April 25, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
Life

Angelo Paoli was born on September 1, 1642 at Argigliano in Tuscany. He entered the Carmelite Order in 1660 and was ordained priest in 1667.

In 1687, Angelo was assigned to the Carmelite Convent of San Martino ai Monti in Rome — where he undertook the vocation of the Roman poor-relief ministry for the 33 years (1687–1720).

Angelo became famous during his lifetime as the 'Father of the Poor' (Padre della Carità) of Rome — undertaking the systematic ministry: personally begging in the Roman streets to collect food and money for the poor, establishing the systematic Sunday distribution to the Roman poor at San Martino ai Monti, personally visiting the Ospedale di San Giovanni in Laterano for the sick.

He died at Rome on January 20, 1720 at the age of 77.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The 'Father of the Poor' of Rome

    Bl. Angelo Paoli's 33-year Roman poor-relief ministry (1687–1720) — established him as the 'Father of the Poor' (Padre della Carità) of Rome. The Angelo-Paoli tradition underpinned the Roman Catholic poor-relief tradition.

Relics
  • Body
    Tomb of Bl. Angelo Paoli
    Church of San Martino ai Monti, Rome, Italy

    His tomb at the Church of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

Iconography
  • Angelo Paoli distributing to the Roman poor

    The late-17th and early-18th-century Italian Carmelite in brown Carmelite habit distributing food and money to the Roman poor at the San Martino ai Monti Sunday distribution — the iconography of Catholic Roman poor-relief tradition.

Patronages
Order of CarmelitesCatholic Roman poor-relief traditionRome and the Roman Catholic tradition
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