November 7 - Blessed Anthony Baldinucci

Quick Facts

• Jesuit on 21 April 1681.
• He taught at Rome and Terni, Italy.
• Ordained on 28 October 1695.
• Parish missioner in the area of Colli Albani, Frascati and Viterbo, Italy, preaching 448 missions.
• Noted for organizing processions during which Anthony and many of his flock wore crowns of thorns, and scourged themselves.
• His missions were popular, and drawing crowds so large that they had to be conducted outdoors; Anthony employed a crowd control gang of thugs - and then converted them all to the faith.
• Also noted for his spread of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary whose image was always carried on his missions.