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Fidati, Simone da Cascina, Blessed

FIDATI, SIMONE DA CASCIA, BEATO

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Also known as: Blessed Simon Fidati of Cascia

FIDATI, SIMONE da Cascia, blessed - Portrait of the blessed S. F. Detail of a panel by Pier Paolo Agabiti (16th century) - Cascia, sanctuary of St. Rita.
FIDATI, SIMONE da Cascia, blessed - Portrait of the blessed S. F. Detail of a panel by Pier Paolo Agabiti (16th century) - Cascia, sanctuary of St. Rita.

FIDATI, Simone da Cascina, Blessed. - Born at Cascia ca. 1295, died, it is not known whether at Florence or at Rome, on 2 February 1348. A disciple of Angelo Clareno, head of the Franciscan Spirituals; having entered the Order of the Augustinians and been ordained a priest, he devoted himself to preaching in central Italy; among his admirers are numbered Giovanni delle Celle and Taddeo Gaddi. A decree of Gregory XVI in 1833 recognized for him the cult ab immemorabili.

Some works of Cavalca circulate under his name, and the question is not yet settled. A. Muller in 1912 called F.'s theology an inspiration of Luther, but on the basis of passages detached from their context. Among F.'s writings the Ordine della vita cristiana is cited by the Vocabolario della Crusca as a text of the language. He also wrote the Regola e dottrina ad una figliolo spirituale; in Latin the De gestis Domini Salvatoris and numerous letters.

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BIBL.: L. Franceschini, Fra S. da C. e il Cavalca, Rome 1897; N. Mattioli, Il b. S. d. C. e i suoi scritti, ibid. 1898; A. Morini, Le opere di fra S. da C. attribuite al Cavalca, Perugia 1899; N. Mattioli, Fra Giovanni da Salerno e le sue opere volgari inedite, Rome 1901; L. Franceschini, Tradizionalisti e concardisti in una questione letteraria del sec. XIV, ibid. 1902; I. Malone, Fra S. F. e Taddeo Gaddi, in L'Orie, 17 (1914), pp. 100-10; A. V. Muller, Una fonte ignorata del sistema di Lutero, Il b. F. da C. e la sua teologia, Rome 1921. Cf. the review by N. Paulus in Theologische Revue, 21 (1922), coll. 18-20; id., S. F. von Cascia und sein Verhältnis zu Luther, in Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie, 46 (1922), pp. 169-76.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 1245–1246.

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Mariani, Ugo. “Fidati, simone da cascia, beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1245–1246. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fidati-simone-da-cascia-beato.

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Mariani, Ugo. “Fidati, simone da cascia, beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1245–1246. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fidati-simone-da-cascia-beato.

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  title     = {Fidati, simone da cascia, beato},
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