when he arrived to deliver a mission. Baldinucci had a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary, and made sure that a copy of miraculous picture of her as the Refuge of Sinners from the Church of the Gesu (Frascati) was carried with him in his travels. He also worked diligently to spread Marian devotions in his travels. In addition to his preaching, Baldinucci also wrote two courses of sermons for Lent, gathered material for many more, composed a number of discourses, and maintained a long correspondence list. After suffering from a myocardial infarction in the course of one of his preaching tours, brought on by fatigue, Baldinucci died in the village of Pofi, in the ancient region of Lazio, then part of the Papal States. Veneration The process leading to Baldinucci's beatification began in 1753. He was declared Venerable in 1873, and was beatified on April 23, 1893. He is still under consideration for canonization. The Jesuit Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Florence still preserves the crucifix he wore during his missions. See also Sources External links Catholic Online page on Anthony Baldinucci 1665 births 1717 deaths Clergy from Florence Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Italian Roman Catholic missionaries 18th-century Italian Jesuits Italian beatified people Beatified Jesuits 18th-century venerated Christians Jesuit missionaries Roman Catholic missionaries in Italy Beatifications by Pope Leo XIII