Blessed Peter Casani - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Peter Casani

Also known as: Peter of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Pietro Casani; Pietro della Natività di Maria

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

17-Oct

Born

8 September 1570 in Lucca, Tuscany (in modern Italy)

Died

At 2.30am on 17 October 1647 at the Piarist motherhouse in Rome, Italy of natural causes; buried in the San Pantaleo church at the motherhouse

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy; the beatification miracle involved the healing of a hospitalized woman in Szeged, Hungary who, with her priest, prayed for Blessed Pietro’s intervention, and the patient kissed a picture of him

Venerated

22 January 1991 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Peter Casani, also known as Peter of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was born on September 8, 1570, in Lucca, Tuscany (in modern Italy). He was born into the Tuscan nobility and received his education at Franciscan schools in Lucca and Rome, Italy.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1995-10-01 by 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy; the beatification miracle involved the healing of a hospitalized woman in Szeged, Hungary who, with her priest, prayed for Blessed Pietro’s intervention, and the patient kissed a picture of him