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2 unusual facts about Andrew Corsini


Andrew Corsini

He was discovered by a child at the Charterhouse at Enna, and was subsequently compelled to accept the honour.

Corsini was born in Florence on November 30, 1302, a member of the illustrious Corsini family.


Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

The Corsini, probably the richest family in Florence during the 17th–18th centuries, had this chapel built in 1675, to hold the remains of St. Andrew Corsini, O.Carm. (1301–1374), a member of the family who became a Carmelite friar and the Bishop of Fiesole, who had been canonized in 1629.


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