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Saint Philip Neri

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Saint Philip Neri , 1515-95, Italian reformer. His original name was Filippo Romolo de' Neri. From boyhood he was religious, and in 1533 he went to Rome to study. From about 1537 on, he devoted his time to working among the people of Rome, visiting the sick, and frequenting crowded places to talk to people about the need of religion. In 1548, with his confessor, he founded the Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity to care for pilgrims and convalescents. He preached (although still a layman) with great success at the exercises of the society. In 1551 he was ordained. He went to the Church of... Read more

Saint Philip Neri
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...Oratory, a group of priests and clerics engaged in devotion and charitable activities. One of the outstanding mystics of the Counter-Reformation, he was noted for his eloquence as a preacher. Saint Philip Neri Saint Philip Neri Saint Philip Neri Read more

St. Philip Neri
Encyclopedia of World Biography St. Philip Neri The Italian reformer St. Philip Neri (1515-1595) is known as the Apostle of Rome. With his distinctly...contribution was the creation of the Congregation of the Oratory. Philip Neri was born in Florence on July 21, 1515, the son of a lawyer... Read more

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