Benvenutus Scotivoli
Saint Bishop Benvenutus Scotivoli | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Osimo | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Osimo |
| See | Osimo |
| Appointed | 13 March 1264 |
| Term ended | 22 March 1282 |
| Predecessor | Rinaldo |
| Successor | Bernardo de' Berardi |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1264 |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benvenutus Scotivoli ??? |
| Died | 22 March 1282 Osimo, Papal States |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 22 March |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1284 Old Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Martin IV |
| Attributes |
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| Patronage | Osimo |
Benvenutus Scotivoli (died 22 March 1282) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Osimo from 1264 until his death.[1][2] Pope Martin IV canonized him as a saint in 1284.[3][4]
Life
[edit]Benvenutus Scotivoli was born sometime in the 1200s in Ancona.[1]
Scotivoli studied at the Bologna college and studied jurisprudence with Silvestro Gozzolini at which point he was ordained to the priesthood when he returned to his hometown.[3] He was made the archdeacon of Ancona and later its apostolic administrator on 1 August 1263 before Pope Urban IV appointed him as the Bishop of Osimo on 13 March 1264. Scotivoli ordained Nicholas of Tolentino to the priesthood in 1269.[4]
On 15 January 1270 he ordered the San Fiorenzo convent in Posciavalle to sell all of its assets while a diocesan synod on 7 February 1273 saw him ban the sale of all church properties.[1] Scotivoli - on 24 February 1274 - rescinded the excommunication of Ripatransone on the orders of Pope Gregory X that the Bishop of Fermo had instituted before that.[4]
He died on 22 March 1284 and was buried in the Osimo Cathedral though his remains were moved down to the crypt in July 1590.[3]
Canonization
[edit]Pope Martin IV canonized him in 1284 and he has been the patron saint of Osimo since 1755 when the civic authorities recognized him as such.
Franciscan discrepancies
[edit]Inspection of his tomb revealed a dark capuche sewn to a lambskin and it led to the biographer Jean Baldi asserting that Scotivoli was a Franciscan which became an accepted proposition. But in 1765 the Osimo priest Pannelli contended he was not a Franciscan but the saint is still recognized on the Franciscan calendar.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bl. Benvenute Scotivoli of Osimo". Steven Wood. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "St. Benvenutus Scotivoli". Catholic Online. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Benvenutus Scotivoli, St". Encyclopedia.com. 2003. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Saint Benvenuto Scotivoli". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
