Go in Peace
St. Philip Neri was called the Second Apostle of Rome. His cheerful disposition and intense devotion led to great spiritual reform and renewal in the Eternal City.
St. Philip Neri raising Paulo Massimo
Some of the flesh surrounding St. Philip Neri’s heart. After his death, doctors discovered that his heart was twice as large as it should be.
St. Philip Neri, from a side chapel in the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Birmingham, England
Chiesa Nuova, the mother church of the Oratorians, the order St. Philip Neri founded. It is still called the “New Church” despite being over 400 years old (it is new relative to the other churches in the city). His body is venerated within.
By Georg Schelbert - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28205766
See An Impediment to Advancement for the Capuchin monk and the capuchin monkey.