Angelo Paoli
Angelo Paoli | |
|---|---|
| Priest | |
| Born | 1 September 1642 Argigliano, Casola in Lunigiana, Massa Carrara, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| Died | 20 January 1720 (aged 77) Rome, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 25 April 2010, Basilica di San Giovanni Laterano, Italy by Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| Major shrine | Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti |
| Feast | 20 January |
| Attributes | Carmelite habit |
Angelo Paoli, O.Carm (born Francesco; 1 September 1642 – 20 January 1720) was an Italian Catholic priest in the Carmelite Order. He became known as the "father of the poor" due to his strong charitable outreach, for which he received praise from a number of cardinals and other prelates while living in Rome. This extended to his friend Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Tomasi and to Popes Innocent XII and Clement XI, who both offered him the cardinalate, which he refused.
Paoli's beatification was celebrated on 25 April 2010 in the Basilica di San Giovanni Laterano, with Archbishop Angelo Amato presiding on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.