Clemente da Osimo (1235 - 8 April 1291) was an

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professed religious and a member of the

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. He was hailed as a reformer of the order. The recognition of his "cultus" (or popular following) allowed for

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to preside over his beatification in 1761.

Life

Clemente da Osimo was born in

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in 1235. He belonged to the Congregation of Hermits of Brettino though exited the order and instead entered the

in Brettino in 1256 at the Grand Union. Clemente was later chosen as the Provincial of the Marche province of the order in 1269. He was twice made Prior General and served his first term from

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of 1271 until 1274 when he resigned though he was later re-elected in 1284 (in a unanimous verdict) and held that position until his death. In his first term he visited houses on the Italian peninsula as well as in the

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. He participated in the

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in 1274 that

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convoked which gave the order a fear of suppression that festered over the next few decades; it was at the order's 1274 general chapter that he resigned from his first term. The re-elected Clemente was given the task of revising the constitutions of the order in 1284. He and Blessed Augustine of Tarano helped to revise the Regensburg Constitution of the order in response to this call and this was completed in 1290. He also encouraged formal studies for

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and founded a total of five schools while also promoting the foundation of order houses that were designed for women. He died on 8 April 1291. His reputation for holiness prompted

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to suspend his funeral to allow people more time to flock to

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- where he died - for his funeral. His remains were relocated to

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on 4 May 1970.

Beatification

The recognition of his "cultus" (or popular devotion) allowed for

to celebrate his beatification in 1761.

References

1235 births 1291 deaths People from the Province of Ancona 13th-century venerated Christians 13th-century Italian Christian monks Augustinian friars Italian beatified people Venerated Catholics {{Italy-RC-clergy-stub