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12 April =E2=80=93 Blessed Angelo Carletti OFM
Also known as
Angelo of Chiavasso
Angelus=E2=80=A6
Antonio=E2=80=A6
(1411-1495)
=C2 Religious Priest, Theologian, Teacher, Writer.
Antonio Carletti was born in 1411 to a noble family of Chivasso,
Italy, near Turin. He attended the University of Bologna, where he
received the degree of Doctor of Civil and Canon Law and served as a
magistrate in the Court of Chiavasso. He was appointed to the Senate
by the Marquis of Monferrato Gian Giacomo. It was probably at the age
of 30 that he entered the Order of Friars Minor at Santa Maria del
Monte in Genoa, taking the name Angelo. There he met Francesco della
Rovere, who was later to become Pope Sixtus IV.
In 1467 he accompanied Fra Pietro da Napoli, who had been charged by
the Vicar General to reorder the Franciscan province of Austria.
In 1472 he was chosen to fill the office of Vicar-General of that
branch of the Order then known as the Cismontane Observance, founded
by Bernadine of Siena. He held that office again in 1478, in 1485 and
in 1490. He founded the monasteries of Saluzzo, Mondov=C3=AC and Pinerolo
and preached in Mantua, Genoa, Cuneo, Susa, Monferrato and Turin at
the court of Charles I, Duke of Savoy. He also served as a spiritual
counselor for Catherine of Genoa and Blessed Paola Gambara.
In 1480 the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II took possession of Otranto
and threatened to overrun and lay waste the area. Angelo was appointed Apostolic Nuncio by Pope Sixtus IV and commissioned to preach a
crusade against the invaders. While the residents of Otranto held out
under siege, Mehmed II died and the Turkish forces retired from the
Italian peninsula.
Again, in 1491, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio and Commissary by
Innocent VIII, conjointly with the Bishop of Mauriana, and reached a
peaceful agreement between Catholics and Waldensians.
In theology he is considered a major adherent of Scotism. His works
are given by Wadding in the latter's =E2=80=9CScriptores Ordinis Mi= norum=E2=80=9D. The
most noted of these is the =E2=80=9CSumma de Casibus Conscientiae=E2=80=9D,=
called
after him the =E2=80=9CSumma Angelica=E2=80=9D. The first edition of di Chi= vasso's
=E2=80=9CSumma Angelica=E2=80=9D appeared in the year 1486 and from that ye=
ar to the
year 1520 it went through 31 editions, 25 of which are preserved in
the Royal Library at Munich.
The =E2=80=9CSumma=E2=80=9D is divided into 659 articles arranged in alphab= etical
order and forming what would now be called a dictionary of moral
theology. The most important of these articles is the one entitled =E2=80=9CInterrogationes in Confessione=E2=80=9D. It serves, in a way, as a=
dictionary
of moral theology and was found very useful for confessors. Judging
the character of the work of Bl. Angelo as a theologian from this, his
most important contribution to moral theology, one is impressed with
the gravity and fairness that characterized his opinions throughout.
The =E2=80=9CSumma=E2=80=9D is a valuable guide in matters of conscience an=
d
approaches closely, in the treatment of the various articles, to
casuistic theology as this science is now understood, hence the title
of the work, =E2=80=9CSumma de Casibus Conscientiae=E2=80=9D.
Martin Luther considered it a symbol of Catholic orthodoxy and had it
publicly burned in the public square outside Wittenberg's Elster Ga=
te
on December 10, 1520 together with the Bull of Excommunication Exsurge
Domine, the Code of Canon Law and the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas.
Angelo Carletti di Chivasso died on April 11, 1495 at the convent of
St. Anthony at Cuneo. On April 14, 1753, Pope Benedict XIII beatified
Angelo Carletti,[6] giving official approval to the cult that had for
long been paid to Angelo, especially by the people of Chivasso and
Coni. The latter chose him as their special patron.=C2 He is celebrated
in his native Chivasso, with an traditional country fair and prayer.
From Anastpaul April 2017
Thought for the Day =E2=80=93 12 April
Talented people like Blessed Angelo of Chivasso see the stupidity of
most personal ambition that seeks to lord it over others;=C2 rather,
talents and gifts should be for the service of others, for enriching
and benefiting their lives. How often do we put others down in order
to make ourselves look better than they? We must recognise that this
attitude is the exact opposite of the words of the Beatitudes, the
words of Christ and if we seek such a path, we have a great deal of
work to do!
Bl Angelo of Chivasso, pray for us!
Quote of the Day =E2=80=93 12 April
=E2=80=9CThe road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must ca=
st
off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must
be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.=E2=80=9D
--St. John of the Cross
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Our Lord's Passion
St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) Doctor of the Church
In Your hour of holy sadness
could I share with You, what gladness
should Your Cross to me be showing.
Gladness past all thought of knowing,
bowed beneath Your Cross to die!
Blessed Jesus, thanks I render
that in bitter death, so tender,
You now hear Your supplicant calling,
Save me Lord and keep from falling
from You,
when my hour is night.
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