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Blessed Andrea Franchi

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

26-May

Born

1335 in Pistoia, Italy

Died

26 May 1401 in Pistoia, Italy of natural causes; buried in the church of San Domenico in Pistoia; body found incorrupt when his tomb was opened in 1613

Beatified

21 November 1921 by Pope Benedict XV (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Andrea Franchi, also known as Andrea dei Franchi, was born in Pistoia, Italy, in the year 1335. As a young boy, he entered the Dominican convent of Santa Maria Novella in Pistoia, where he received his education and was later admitted into the Dominican Order at the age of 14.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1921-11-21 by 21 November 1921 by Pope Benedict XV (cultus confirmation)
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