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
October 17
Born
September 8, 1570
Died
October 1, 17
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy
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
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