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Philip Neri

Born: 1515
Died: 1595

Florentine priest who spent his life in Rome, founding the Congregation of the Oratory and leading a renewal of prayer, confession and charity remembered for its joyfulness; canonised in 1622.

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The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neric. 1590

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The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri

Short sayings of Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratory in Rome, arranged as a maxim for each day of the year, in the English of the Oratorian F. W. Faber: on humility, prayer, cheerfulness, obedience and the love of God.

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