St. Philip Neri is an interesting person.
St. Philip Neri was born on July 21, 1515 in Florence, Italy. He has a feast day. His feast day is May 26. He traveled to heaven on May 26, 1596. He was canonized as a saint on March 12, 1622. There are three symbols to represent St. Philip Neri. The symbols are a rosary, lily, and an angel holding a book. The rosary means to adore mary and Catholic faith. The lily means the purity of heart and soul. The angel holding a book means to have peace, trust, and ability of knowledge.
As a child, mostly he would pray, help his father with work, and planted fruits. As a young adult, St. Philip Neri liked to pray. He had a favorite place to pray which was in the fissure of a mountain that had been turned into a chapel. He would pray for hours and hours talking to God. At the age of 18, he went to work with his older cousin who was a talented businessman. After thanking his cousin, he went off to Rome in 1533 where he helped tutor. He started studying philosophy, but it started to interfere with his faith life. He threw away all of his books that were about what he was studying. After that he started to live as a kind or hermit. While that,
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Philip Neri formed a religious brotherhood with other men to help pilgrims who came to Italy without food or shelter. The director of the brotherhood said to St. Philip Neri that he should become a priest so he can do more work. He became a priest on May 23, 1551. He was an Italian priest noted for founding a society of circular clergy called the Congregation of the Oratory. The Oratory was a room to hold the poor young men. Philip made himself available every hour for poor people. He was a priest who loved to give the sacrament of Confession. Especially young men. Humility to him was the most important virtue. About the Oratory, people went just to make fun of it. He told the people that made fun of it to stay away. He would not let anyone speak bad about