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St. Philip Romolo Neri (Italian: Filippo de Neri; also known as Apostle of Rome; July 22, 1515 – May 27, 1595), was an Italian churchman, noted for founding a society of secular priests called the "Congregation of the Oratory".He was born in Florence, the youngest child of Francesco, a lawyer, and his wife Lucrezia da Mosciano, whose family were nobility in the service of the state. Neri was carefully brought up, and received his early teaching from the friars at San Marco, the famous Dominican monastery in Florence. He was accustomed in later life to ascribe most of his progress to the teaching of two amongst them, Zenobio de' Medici and Servanzio Mini.When he was about sixteen, a fire destroyed nearly all his father's property. Philip was sent to his father's childless brother, Romolo, a wealthy merchant at San Germane, a Neapolitan town near the base of Monte Cassino, to assist him in his business, and with the hope that he might inherit his uncle's fortune. So far as gaining Romolo's confidence and affection, the plan was entirely successful, but it was thwarted by Philip's vocation to the priesthood.
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