Saint Francis Caracciolo

Saint Francis Caracciolo

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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Preacher of Divine Love

Saint Francis Caracciolo

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Francis Caracciolo: June 4
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Preacher of Divine Love
  • Date of Death: Saint Francis Caracciolo died 1608
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Francis Caracciolo
The story and history of Saint Francis Caracciolo. Francis Caracciolo was born in the kingdom of Naples, of the princely family of Caracciolo. In childhood he shunned all amusements, recited the Rosary regularly, and loved to visit the Blessed Sacrament and to distribute his food to the poor. An attack of leprosy taught him the vileness of the human body and the vanity of the world. Almost miraculously cured, he renounced his home to study for the priesthood at Naples, where he spent his leisure hours in the prisons or visiting the Blessed Sacrament in unfrequented churches. God called him, when only twenty-five, to found an Order of Clerks Regular, whose rule was that each day one father fasted on bread and water, another took the discipline, a third wore a hair-shirt, while they always watched by turns in perpetual adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. They took the usual vows, adding a fourth - not to desire dignities. To establish his Order, Francis undertook many journeys through Italy and Spain, on foot and without money, content with the shelter and crusts given him in charity. Being elected general, he redoubled his austerities, and devoted seven hours daily to meditation on the Passion, besides passing most of the night praying before the Blessed Sacrament. Francis was commonly called the Preacher of Divine Love. But it was before the Blessed Sacrament that his ardent devotion was most clearly perceptible. In presence of his divine Lord his face usually emitted brilliant rays of light; and he often bathed the ground with his tears when he prayed, according to his custom, prostrate on his face before the tabernacle, and constantly repeating, as one devoured by internal fire, "The zeal of Thy house hath eaten me up." He died of fever, aged forty-four, on the eve of Corpus Christi, 1608, saying, "Let us go, let us go to heaven!" When his body was opened after death, his heart was found as it were burnt up, and these words imprinted around it: "Zelus domus Tuae comedit me" - "The zeal of Thy house hath eaten me up."

Feast Day of Saint Francis Caracciolo
The Feast Day of Saint Francis Caracciolo is June 4. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.
 

 

Saint Francis Caracciolo

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  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Francis Caracciolo
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Francis Caracciolo - June 4
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 1608
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Francis Caracciolo
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Preacher of Divine Love
 
 

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