GABRIEL MARIA, Blessed. - Gilbert Nicolai (whose name was changed in 1518 to that of G. M. by Pope Leo X), b. at Riom in Auvergne (France) ca. 1463, and d. at Rodez on 27 Aug. 1532.
Having entered the Franciscan Order at a very young age, in addition to holiness of life and an intense cultural formation he attained there the highest offices of local superior, provincial minister and twice vicar general of the Observance, the last who bore this title before Leo X in 1517 gave full autonomy to the Observants. After 1517 he was several times commissary general for the ultramontane Observants (v. FRATI MINORI), definitor general of the Order (1520) and also inquisitor against the danger of Protestant expansion in France.
He was confessor of the princess St. Joan of Valois, whom he assisted especially in the difficult moments she went through when her spouse, the Duke of Orléans, having ascended the throne of France (Louis XII), obtained from Rome the decree of nullity of the marriage. He was a valuable help to her in the founding of the Order of the Virgin Mary (Annunciade), for which he wrote the Rule and obtained pontifical approval, becoming its visitor general. After the death of the foundress, he directed it with solicitude, expanding its diffusion and dictating its constitutions, its ceremonial and a declaration of the Rule.
Bibliography3 worksF. Delormet, Enquête épiscopale de Rodez sur les minutes attribués au b. G. M., in Arch. Frum. Hist., 10 (1917), pp. 387-412; Wadding, Annal
BIBL.: F. Delormet, Enquête épiscopale de Rodez sur les minutes attribués au b. G. M., in Arch. Frum. Hist., 10 (1917), pp. 387-412; Wadding, Annales, XVI, p. 385 sc. e passim; J.-Fr. Bonnefoy, Vice de la b. Jeanne de France et du b. G. M., Paris 1934.
Ghinato, Alberto. “Gabriele Maria, beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1835–1836. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gabriele-maria-beato.
MLA
Ghinato, Alberto. “Gabriele Maria, beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1835–1836. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gabriele-maria-beato.
BibTeX
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author = {Ghinato, Alberto},
title = {Gabriele Maria, beato},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1835--1836},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gabriele-maria-beato}
}
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