Subj : =?UTF-8?Q?12_April_=E2=80=93_Blessed_Angelo_Carletti__OFM?= To : All From : rich Date : Sat Apr 11 2020 09:20:21 From: rich 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 <><><><> 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. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .