ARRIGHETTI, GIULIO

ARRIGHETTI, GIULIO. – Born at S. Piero a Sieve in 1622, died at Florence in 1705. A maternal uncle, Sbaccheri Iacopo, secretary to Cardinal Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, recommended him to the Superior General of the Servites, who accepted him into the convent of the Annunziata in Florence. Novice in 1634, he became a doctor of theology, professor of philosophy at Borgo S. Sepolcro, of theology at Mantua, Vicenza, and Florence, and professor at the University of Pisa. Appointed Provincial of Tuscany, he resigned the office to retire, on the advice of Fr. Segneri, to the hermitage of Monte Senario. In 1682 Innocent XI appointed him General of the Order. After laying down this heavy office, he was sent by Alexander VII to the Annunziata in Florence, so that he might serve as an example by his holy life. There he shut himself up in a cell and spent the rest of his days. He is remembered “inter fratres qui cum sanctitatis fama decesserunt,” with the title of Venerable.