Arcangelo Canetoli (1460 - 16 April 1513) was an

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and a

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of Santa Maria di Reno. Canetoli escaped the massacre of his parents and brothers who were killed in Bologna during a political feud and embraced the religious life not long after where he became noted to the point he turned down repeated offers to serve as the

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and the

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. His beatification received full approval on 2 October 1748 after

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approved the late priest's local 'cultus' - or popular devotion.

Life

Arcangelo Canetoli was born in Bologna in 1460 to nobles. His relations were all massacred during his childhood during a political feud with the Bentivoglio house. The Canetoli house had been accused of the death of Annibale Bentivoglio in an apparent move that ignited the longstanding feud between the two houses. He soon after entered the

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of Santa Maria di Reno (an order that originated from

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) on 29 September 1484 and was later

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to the priesthood in 1498. Canetoli lived at the Sant'Ambrogio

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from 1498 after being made a priest and would remain there for the rest of his life; he requested this transfer himself. He repeated his refusals to be appointed as the

. He became the vicar of the San Daniele in Monte convent in

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in 1505 and held the position until 1509. Canetoli predicted that Giovanni de' Medici would be elected as pope sometime soon and when de' Medici became

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in 1513 the pope's brother

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summoned him to

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in an attempt to persuade him to become the new

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. Canetoli refused and returned to his convent. Canetoli died on 16 April 1513 from an intense period of fever. His remains were interred in the convent that he resided in on 3 December 1513 and are incorrupt.

Beatification

His beatification received formal ratification on 2 October 1748 from

after the latter confirmed that there existed a local 'cultus' - otherwise known as popular veneration - that endured since the late priest's death.

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