Colombini

Colombini lived henceforward a life of apostolic poverty, begged for his daily bread, and esteemed it a favour to be allowed to wait on the sick poor, while in public and in their dwellings he stimulated the people to penance.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

On the return of Urban V from Avignon to Rome (1367), Colombini and his followers hastened to meet him, and begged him to sanction the foundation of their Institution.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Alarmed at these occurrences, many of the Sienese now raised an outcry, complaining that Colombini was inciting all the most promising young men of the city to "folly", and succeeded in procuring his banishment.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Accompanied by twenty-five companions, Colombini left his native city without a protest and visited in succession Arezzo, Città di Castello, Pisa and many other

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Colombini died a week after the foundation of his institute, having appointed Mini his successor.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

His son having meanwhile died and his daughter taken the veil, Colombini with the approval of his wife, on whom he first settled a life-annuity, divided his fortune into three parts: the first went to endow a hospital, the second and third to two cloisters.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

S. Bernardino, the great preacher and peace-maker of the Middle Ages; S. Catherine, the worthiest of all women to be canonised; the blessed Colombini, who founded the Order of the

New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866

Colombini, who founded the Order of the Gesuati or Brothers of the

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866

Colombini, who founded the Order of the Gesuati or Brothers of the

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866

But as a comic, his timing is absolutely impeccable, and it's criminal how many people tend to forget that Colombini is a very hilarious magician, because of his ability to drop relevant one-liners in the middle of his routines, and his penchant for absurd humor at times.

It's true! It's true! Marcelle 2010