Francis Caracciolo

Francesco Caracciolo ( born October 13, 1563 Villa Santa Maria in Abruzzo, Italy, † June 4, 1608 in Argenta ) is co-founder of a Christian male monastic order and was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Francesco Caracciolo came from a Neapolitan noble family. He recovered miraculously from a severe skin disease and then gave away all his possessions. He studied Catholic theology in 1587, and received the sacrament of Holy Orders. It joined a community of priests who sought the spiritual care of galley slaves and sentenced to death people. In the Counter- Reformation he founded in 1588 together with other the Order of the Minor Clerks Regular in order to coordinate the tasks by the structural order of a congregation better. In the same year confirmed the Community Pope Sixtus V.. First General of the Order 1588 Agostino Adorno, second- General in 1593 Francis Caracciolo.

Francesco Caracciolo made ​​numerous pastoral visits to the Iberian Peninsula and caused by a continuous spread of his order. He died on June 4, 1608 in Argenta and was buried in Naples. Pope Pius VII spoke to him on May 24, 1807 holy. Francis Caracciolo is revered as the patron saint of Naples.

Representation

In the chapel of the Palazzo Cellamare to Naples there is a painting that is to be created already during his lifetime Francesco Caracciolo. Other well-known representations are available in the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro in Naples Church and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.