![]() One of Peregrine’s slogans as a Servite may well have been: “Better today than yesterday, better tomorrow than today!” Daily he sought to become a more fervent religious man. He was clothed ceremoniously in the religious habit by Philip Benizi himself. “There you will find devout men who call themselves my servants. “Go to Siena,” Mary told the astonished Peregrine. While kneeling there he had a vision of the Blessed Mother holding in her hands a black habit like the one the Servites wore. He heeded Philip’s suggestion and often prayed in Our Lady’s chapel in the Cathedral. ![]() Peregrine became a staunch champion of Philip Benizi. Moments after, stricken with remorse, the youth cast himself at the feet of the bruised and bleeding priest and asked for his forgiveness, which was granted with a smile. Peregrine knocked him down with a vicious blow to the face. While addressing crowds of malcontents one day, he was dragged off the rostrum, beaten with clubs and pelted with rocks. No welcome mat was spread for the papal delegate. ![]() That failing, he sent Philip Benizi, of the Order of Servites (Servants of Mary), as his personal ambassador to try to bring peace to the angry rebels. Pope Martin IV had placed Forli under a spiritual interdict which closed churches in the city, hoping to bring its citizens to their senses. In his teens he joined the enemies of the Pope in his hometown and soon became a ringleader of rebels. Peregrine Laziosi (1265-1345) was born in Forli, Italy, the only son of well-to-do parents. ![]()
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