Francis of Paola
Francis of Paola, OM (also known as Francis the Fire Handler; 27 March 1416 – 2 April 1507), was an Italian Catholic friar and the founder of the Order of Minims. Unlike the majority of founders of men's religious orders, and like his patron saint Francis of Assisi, he was never ordained a priest.
Saint Francis of Paola O.M. | |
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Francis by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, from the altarpiece The Immaculate Conception with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis of Paola | |
| Hermit of St Francis | |
| Born | 27 March 1416 Paola, Calabria Citeriore, Kingdom of Naples |
| Died | 2 April 1507 (aged 91) Plessis-lez-Tours, Touraine, Kingdom of France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 1 November 1518 |
| Canonized | 1 May 1519 by Pope Leo X |
| Feast | 2 April |
| Patronage | Patron saint of Calabria; Paola, Calabria, Corigliano-Rossano, Altomonte, Botricello, Paterno Calabro, Sicily, Stornarella, San Fili, and formerly of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; co-patron saint of Naples, Cosenza, Castrovillari, Bitonto, Castelleone di Suasa, Castrolibero, Luzzi, and of Bisignano; Amato; La Chorrera, Panama; Mabini, Batangas; boatmen, mariners, and naval officers |
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