Blessed Angelo Carletti

Also known as

• Angelus Carletti

Memorial

• 12 April

Profile

Studied law at Bologna, Italy, and practised at Monferrato, Italy. Elected senator, he abandoned the office and his practice to become a Franciscan at Genoa, Italy. Noted theologian. Papal nuncio for Pope Sixtus IV and Pope Innocent VIII. Preached a Crusade against invading Turks. Preached against Waldensianism and usurious money lenders. Wrote Cases of Conscience, a dictionary of moral theology.

Born

• 1411 at Chivasso, Diocese of Ivrea, Italy

Died

• 1495 at Cuneo, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 24 April 1753 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• Chivasso, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Angelo Carletti”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-angelo-carletti/>