St andrew corsini biography of michael

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Andrea Corsini (30 November – 6 January or ^[2][3]) was an ItalianCatholicprelate and professed member from the Carmelites who served as the Bishop of Fiesole from until his death.^[4]

Corsini led a wild and dissolute life until a rebuke from his mother moved him to go to the Santa Maria del Carmine church where he resolved to join the Carmelites as a priest and friar.

He exercised various roles in the order, until reluctantly he accepted his episcopal position. In order to accept that position, he imposed greater mortifications upon himself than that required by the order, and dedicated himself to the plight of the poor.^[5]

Devotion to the late bishop became so profound after his death that miracles were reported at his tomb.^[6] The longstanding and popular devotion to Corsini led to Pope Eugene IV confirming his beatification on 21 April and Pope Urban VIII canonizing him as a saint