Anthony Baldinucci
Jesuit missionary
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Antonio Baldinucci was born in Florence on 19 June 1665, entered the Society of Jesus on 21 April 1681 and was ordained on 28 October 1695.
He spent the rest of his life preaching missions, chiefly around Frascati and Viterbo, with startling methods: great processions, penitents crowned with thorns, and himself carrying a cross and chains. He died on 6 November 1717.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe the miracles approved in the cause. His process was begun in 1753.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Jesuit missioner who called the people to penance with his whole life.
The cause
Anthony Baldinucci has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Anthony Baldinucci.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Anthony Baldinucci
- Wikidata Q647434 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anthony Baldinucci (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.