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Saint Francis Caracciolo (October 13, 1563–June 4, 1608) born Ascanio Pisquizio, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Congregation of the Minor Clerks Regular with John Augustine Adorno.He decided to adopt a religious life after recovering from leprosy at the age of 22.He was born in Villa Santa Maria in Abruzzi, Italy; he belonged to the Pisquizio branch of the Caracciolo and received in baptism the name of Ascanio. From his infancy, he had a reputation for gentleness and uprightness. He vowed himself to an ecclesiastical life, and distributing his goods to the poor, went to Naples in 1585 to study theology. In 1587 he was ordained priest and joined the confraternity of the Bianchi della Giustizia (The White Robes of Justice), whose object was to assist condemned criminals to die holy deaths.
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Patronage:patron saint of Naples and Italian cooks
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