St. Andrew Corsini

Bishop | January 9
St. Andrew Corsini

St. Andrew Corsini

“St. Andrew Corsini” (1639) by Guido Reni (1575-1642), Public Domain

Andrew was born at the beginning of the fourteenth century in Florence and entered the Carmelite Order there. He was elected provincial of Tuscany at the general chapter of Metz in 1348. He was made bishop of Fiesole on October 13, 1349, and gave the Church a wonderful example of love, apostolic zeal, prudence and love of the poor. He died on January 6, 1374.