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San Filippo Neri (other)
San Filippo Neri may refer to: * Philip Neri, San Filippo Neri, an Italian priest, known as the Second Apostle of Rome, after Saint Peter * ZEN (Palermo), San Filippo Neri, a quarter on the northern outskirts of Palermo, Sicily Architecture * San Filippo Neri, Camerino, a Baroque style Roman Catholic church in Camerino, in the province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy * San Filippo Neri, Casale Monferrato, a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Casale Monferrato, Province of Alessandria, region of Piedmont * San Filippo Neri, Castelfranco Piandiscò, a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in Castelfranco di Sopra, in the Valdarno of the region of Tuscany, Italy * San Filippo Neri, Cingoli, a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in the town of Cingoli, Macerata, Marche, Italy * San Filippo Neri, Cortona, a Roman Catholic church in the city of Cortona, Province of Arezzo, region of Tuscany, Italy * San Filippo Neri, Genoa, a Baroque church in Genoa * San Filippo Neri, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Neri
Philip Romolo Neri ( ; it, italics=no, Filippo Romolo Neri, ; 22 July 151526 May 1595), known as the "Second Apostle of Rome", after Saint Peter, was an Italian priest noted for founding a society of secular clergy called the Congregation of the Oratory. Early life Philip was the son of Francesco di Neri, a lawyer, and his wife Lucrezia da Mosciano, whose family were nobility of Italy, nobility in the service of the state. He was carefully brought up, and received his early teaching from the friars at San Marco, Florence, San Marco, the famous Dominican Order, Dominican monastery in Florence. He was accustomed in later life to ascribing most of his progress to the teaching of two of them, Zenobio de' Medici and Servanzio Mini. At the age of 18, in 1533, Philip was sent to his uncle, Romolo, a wealthy merchant at San Germano (now Cassino), a then Neapolitan town near the base of Monte Cassino, to assist him in his business, and with the hope that he might inherit his uncle's fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |