Monday Saint of the Day

St. Francis Caracciolo

Facts

Feastday: June 4
Patron of Naples (Italy), Italian cooks
Birth: 1563
Death: 1608

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Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular with St. John Augustine Adorno. He was born in 1563, a member of a noble Neapolitan family. Though he had a rare skin disease, much like leprosy, Francis became a priest, at which time his skin disease disappeared. In 1588, he co-founded the Minor Clerks Regular and spent the rest of his life as the superior. He was canonized in 1807. His cult is now confined to local calendars.