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St Antoninus of Florence OP

St Antoninus was born in 1389, and died in 1459. He joined the Dominican Order at the age of about 16, and made his novitiate with Fra Angelico. During the Great Western Schism, he was an adherent of the “Roman” claimant (Gregory XII), who is commonly considered to have been the true Pope. He assisted as a theologian at the Council of Florence, and was later compelled by Pope Eugene IV to accept episcopal consecration and the See of Florence. The Catholic Encyclopedia also claims that Pope Eugene IV called St Antoninus to assist him at his deathbed. He was consulted by subsequent Popes on other matters of importance, and was canonised by Adrian IV in 1523.>Dom Prosper Guéranger tells us the following about the Saint:

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