Philip Neri«Filippo Romolo Neri»
(1515–1595)
Founder, Priest
Second Apostle of Rome
Orders/Societies Associated with: Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity of Pilgrims and Convalescents*; Oratorians**
Place of birth:Florentine Republic†
Place of death:Rome (Papal States)††
Feastday
26 May
Beatification
11/05/1615 by Paulus V
Canonisation
12/03/1622 by Gregorius XV
Patronage
Patron of:Candida; Catbalogan†††; Mandaluyong††††; Roma
Patron of:artists, comedians, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest / Institutum Christi Regis Summi Sacerdotis, United States Army Special Forces / Green Berets, writers
Petitioned for: joy, laughter
*Confraternita della Santissima Trinità dei pellegrini e convalescenti [1548]
**Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri / Confoederatio Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii [1575]
†Repubblica Fiorentina / Respublica Florentina [1115–1569]
††Roma (Dicio Pontificia) / Roma (Stato Pontificio) [756–1798 / 1799–1809 / 1814–1849 / 1849–1870]
†††Siyudad han Catbalogan / Lungsod ng Catbalogan
††††Lungsod ng Mandaluyong
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
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Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia