Aimone Taparelli
Aimone Taparelli | |
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| Priest | |
| Born | c. 1395 Savigliano, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia |
| Died | 15 August 1495 (aged 100) Savigliano, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 29 May 1856, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX |
| Feast | |
| Attributes | Dominican habit Dove |
Aimone Taparelli (c. 1395 – 15 August 1495) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers.[1] He served as an Inquisitor-General for his order in the Lombard and Liguria regions and became a travelling preacher in northern Italian cities.[2][3]
Pope Pius IX confirmed his beatification in mid-1856.
Life[edit]
Aimone Taparelli was born around 1395 in Savigliano to nobles who were the counts of Lagnasco. He first pursued a career in law and even married but soon became widowed and felt the call to the religious life instead.[1] In the 1500s - after him - there was the Bishop Gianmaria Taparelli and in the 1600s there was the Jesuit priest Cesare Michele Taparelli who moved to the United States of America.[3]
Taparelli studied - and later taught - at a college in Turin and entered the Order of Preachers at Savigliano in 1441 at the San Domenico convent; he also served as the chaplain to Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy but left his court because he was not satisfied with being there. Taparelli served as the Inquisitor-General for his order in the Lombard and Ligurian regions.[3] He was appointed as such to replace the murdered Bartolomeo Cerveri. He organized for the relics of Antonio Pavoni to be moved to Savigliano and interred at the Dominican church there.[1] In 1468 he became abbot of his convent and then prior of it in 1483; he was confirmed twice as the Inquisitor-General in 1483 and in 1489.
He died - he predicted his death date - on 15 August 1495 and his remains were later moved to the Saint Dominic church in Turin sometime in the 1900s.
Beatification[edit]
Pope Pius IX beatified the late Dominican priest on 29 May 1856 in Saint Peter's Basilica.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Blessed Aimo Taparelli". Saints SQPN. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Blessed Aimo Taparelli, C.O.P." The Order of Preachers, Independent. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "Blessed Aimone Taparelli". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
