Benedetto Sinigardi

Benedetto Sinigardi (* 1190 in Arezzo , Italy ; † 1282 there ) was an Italian Franciscan . According to tradition, the custom of the Angelus prayer goes out from him .

Life

Piazza Grande in Arezzo: Here Benedetto Sinigardi heard the sermon of St. Francis of Assisi, who moved him to become a Franciscan

Benedetto Sinigardi came from a noble family that was very influential in Arezzo. During a sermon by St. Francis of Assisi in his hometown, he decided to become a Franciscan and was welcomed by St. Francis himself dressed .

At the age of 27 Benedetto became Provincial of Ancona , four years later he was sent to the Middle East, where he worked for 20 years. He traveled through Romania, Greece and today's Turkey. Pope Innocent IV sent him to Constantinople to work for the Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople . He then moved to Syria and Palestine, where he became custodian of the Holy Land . In 1241 Benedetto Sinigardi returned to his home monastery in Arezzo. There he introduced the chant of a Marian antiphon ; a bell should be rung for this purpose. This custom became the basis of the Angelus as we know it today. After his death in 1282, Benedetto Sinigardi was worshiped locally.

Pope John Paul II went to Benedetto Sinigardi's grave in Arezzo on May 23, 1993 and said: It is always effective to stop in the middle of the day and say a Marian prayer. Today it is particularly significant because we are in the place where, according to tradition, the custom of the Angelus prayer began .

Web links

• Biography in "Santi e Beati" (Italian)