Blessed Pope Benedict Xi
Also known as: Niccolò Boccasini
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 7
Died
July 7, 1304
Beatified
24 April 1736 by Pope Clement XII (cultus confirmed)
Religious Order
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Biography
Blessed Pope Benedict XI, also known as Niccolú Boccasini, was born in 1240 in Treviso, Italy. As a young man, he joined the Dominican order and later became the Ninth Master-General of his Order in 1296. Throughout his life, he demonstrated a deep devotion to Dominican spiritual practices.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1736-04-24 by 24 April 1736 by Pope Clement XII (cultus confirmed); 1773 by Pope Clement XIV (beatified)
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