Francis of Paola

Saint

Francis of Paola

O.M.
Hermit of St Francis
Born27 March 1416
Paola, Calabria Citeriore, Kingdom of Naples
Died2 April 1507(1507-04-02) (aged 91)
Plessis-lez-Tours, Touraine, Kingdom of France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified1 November 1518
Canonized1 May 1519 by Pope Leo X
Feast2 April[1]
PatronagePatron 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

Francis of Paola, OM (also known as Francis the Fire Handler; 27 March 1416 – 2 April 1507), was a Roman Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Italy who founded the Order of Minims. Like his patron saint (Francis of Assisi), but unlike the majority of founders of men's religious orders, Francis of Paola was never ordained a priest.

  1. ^ Ohio Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon (1985). Saints and feast days : lives of the saints : with a calendar and ways to celebrate. Chicago: Loyola University Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780829405057.