This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIF DIP I‘l‘ _ ~ THE LIFE OF ST. PHILIP NERI. T Emmy mm 10 I .. _V , @131): iainta anb Serums of @3071. THE LIFE 01‘ SAINT PHILIP NERI, APOSTLE OF HOME, AND FOUNDER OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE ORATORY " Gaude Maria Virgo. cunctas hmreses sols interemisti in universe mundo."-Am/iph. Ecclesice. LONDON: THOMAS RICHARDSON AND SON, 172, FLEET $12; 9, CAPEL s'r. DUBLIN; AND DERBY. M. D. CCC. XLVII. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS TO THE SECULAR CLERGY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND, THE SUCCESSOBS AND SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF GENERATIONS OF MARTYRS, WHO, BY THEIR CHEERFULNESS IN HOLY POVERTY, THEIR DILIGENCE IN OBSCURITY AND UNDER OPPRESSION. THEIR UNEXAMI’LED CONFIDENCE IN THE TRUTHS THEY TAUGHT, THEIR FORGIVING CHARITY TOWARDS UNGENEROUS OPPONENTS, AND THEIR SELFDENYING KINDNESS TOWARDS THOSE WHOM THEIR PRAYERS, THEIR SACRIFICES, _ AND THEIR SUFFERINGS RESCUED FROM THE DARKNESS OF ERROR, HAVE PRESERVED TO THEIR COUNTRY, TOGETHER WITH THE PRECIOUS EXAMPLE OF THEIR OWN VIRTUEs, THE UNFAILING LIGHT OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH, AND THE HEREDITARY DEVOTION TO THE HOLY SEE WHICH DISTINGUISHED THE PILGRIMS AND SAINTS OF SAXON TIMES, AND THE PRINCELY BUILDERS OF OUR NORMAN CHURCHES. ST. WILFRID’S, TRANSLATION OF ST. THOMAS 0F CANTERBURY, M. 0. CCC. XLVII. ADVERTISEMENT. The original, of which the present vol ume is a translation, is the enlarged and corrected edition of Father Bacci’s Life of St. Philip, published at Rome, by Marini, in 1837. Some apology is due to the public for the non-appearance of the In troduction, on the Lives of the Modern Saints, b Bishop Wiseman, which was advertise to appear in this volume: this has been unavoidably delayed, through his Lordship’s illness, which has pre vented his fulfilling his kind promise; but it will be published with one of the subsequent volumes. The delay of the Introduction has also caused the publica tion of the volume, promised on June 24th, to be deferred till the present time, as fresh matter was required by the printer, in order to make the volume of the size promised in the prospectus. The Lives of S. THOMAS OF VILLANOVA and S. FRANCIS SOLANO, in one volume, are in the press, and will be published in a short time. F. W. FABER. St. Wilfrid’s, Translation Qf S. Thomas of Canterbury, 1847. v./ I An MAJOREM DE! SANCTEQUE ll/IARIE GLORIAM. THE SAINTS AND SERVANTS OF GOD. LIVES OF THE CANONIZED SAINTS, AND @151): isthmus of (Hon, BEATIFIED, OR DECLARED VENERABLE BY AUTHORITY, And other: who are commonly reputed among Catholics to have died in the odour of sanctity, especially in modern times. I. It is proposed to publish a. series of such lives, translated from the Italian, French, Spanish, German and Latin, in small 8vo. volumes, of about 400 pages each, and to bring out at least 4 volumes in the year. 2. The Editors and Translators not making any profit on the work, the volumes will be sold as cheaply as possible. Each vol. will be sold separately, and will be complete in itself, ex cept when one life occupies more volumes than one, and the price not exceed 4s. 3. The works translated from will be in most cases the lives drawn up for or from the processes of canonization or beatifica tion, as being more full, more' authentic, and more replete with anecdote, thus enabling the reader to become better acquaint ed with the Saint’s disposition and spirit; while the simple matter-of-fact style of the narrative is, from its unobtrusive character, more adapted for spiritual reading than the views and generalizations, and apologetic extenuations of more ' recent biographers. I...“ 4. The objects of the few friends who have jointly under— taken this task have been—l. To supply English Catholics with a cabinet-library of interesting as well as edifyiug reading, especially for families, schools, and religious refectories, which -‘) would for many reasons be particularly adapted: for these times:—-2. To present to our other countrymen a number of samples of the fruit which the system, doctrine and moral dis cipline established by the holy and blessed Council of Trent, have produced, and which will be to enquirers really in earnest about their souls, an argument more cogent than any that mere controversy can allege: and 3. To satisfy a humble desire which they feel to spread the honour and love of the ever blessed Queen of Saints, by showing how greatly an intense devotion to her aided in forming those prodigies of heroic vir tue with which the Holy Ghost has been pleased to adorn the Church since the schism of Luther, more than in almost any pre vious times, and whose actions, with a few exceptions, are known to English laymen only in a very general way, and from meagre abridgments; while the same motive will prevent the series being confined to modern Saints exclusively. 5. The work is published with the permission and approval of superiors, and the responsible Editor is himself under imme diate ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Every volume containing the life of a person not yet canOnized or beatified by the Church, will be prefaced by a protest in conformity with the decree of Urban VIII., and in all lives which introduce questions of mys tical theology, great care will be taken to publish nothing which has not had adequate sanction, or without the reader being informed of the nature and amount of the sanction. LIVES IN HAND. ,8. Philip Nasi- B. Angela of Foligno S. John of God Molembaot Riéti S. Stanislas Kostka Hm S. Charles Borromeo S. Veronica Giuliani S. Felix of Cantalice S. Peteret-Aleantm'a. F. Louis of Grenada B. John Massias Mm of‘Vitiauova B. Martin Porres S. Camillus of Lellis S. John Francis Regis W V. Paul of the Cross S. Gertrude ' SMSolsno ~ SrRose of-Lina V. Margaret Mary-Macaque S. Theresa B. Maria Louisa of Sardinia - m V. Camilla Borghese Orsini V. Maria di Lado IB. Bonaventura of Barcellona ,-S.Alphonso.Lig1mui S. Francis Borgia. S. Louis Bertrand V; Bendetto-Giuwoppo-Ldue S. James de la Marche 3 LIVES CONTEMPL ATED. S. Pascal Baylon B. Crispin of Vitcrho S. Aloysius B. Benedict of Phihadelphi S. Vincent of Paul B. Francesco de Posadas S. Fidelis of Sigmaringa B. Giambattista della. Conce S. Jerome Adlmiliani Zione S. Laurence Giustinian B. Alphonse Rodriguez S. John Cantius B. Rezzonica S. Seraphino di Monte Granario B. d’AguilBI S. John of the Cross B. Julian of S. Austin S. Andrew Avellino B. Leonard of Port Maurice S. Andrew Corsini B. Gregory Louis Barbadigi S. Pius V B. John Marinoni s i I. E I . B. Jane of France S. Juliana of Retinne B. Hippoh‘to Galantini S. Joseph of Cupertino B. Bernard of Oflida. S. Francis Caracciolo B. Joseph Ol'iol S. Giovanni Calibita B. John Ribera S. Clare of Montcfalco B. Maria Vittoria Fornari S. anibius B. Elisabetta Picenardi ' S. Francis Xavier V-i—Berobimm S. Francis Jerome F. d’Avila S. Pacificus V. Bartholomew do Mar S. John Joseph of the Cross tyribuo WW5“! S. Francis of Sales 0. Louis of Sales F. Caravita. S. Jane Frances of Chantal Catherine de Raconis S. Catherine of Genoa Emily Bicchieri S. Cajetan of Thielna Sibylline di Pavia S. Francis of Paula. Catherine Vanina. B. Simon of Roxas Anne de St. Bartelemi B. Peter Fourrier Mary Villana. B. Alexander Sauli Mary Buonomi B. Bernard of Corleone Maria d’Escobar B. Paul Burali of Arezzo Catherine de Ricci B. Bonaventnra of Potenza. Contessa Torella B. Laurence 0f Brindisi V. Strambi B. Niccolo Fattore Canonico Rossi B. Gasparo de Bono Spagnolo V. Olshauser B. Niccolo di Longobardi V. Rosa Maria. of St. Antonio B. Andrea Ibernon V. Giovanni Leonardi B. Catterina Tomas V. Marianna of Gesu -‘ 4 V. Louis da Ponte F. Segneri V. Robert Bellarmine C. Ximenes F. Vincent Caraifa F. Balthazar Alvares F. Zucchi Grignon de Monti'ort F. Peter Urraca F. Prever of Turin M. Olier F. Canisius, S. J. V. Margaret of the Holy P. Le Nobletz Sacrament P. Eudes V. Mary of the Incarnation La Duchesse de Montmorency P. Condren This list is not put forward as by any means complete, or as intending to exclude other lives. The Editor will be glad to hear from any who may wish to satisfy their devotion, and employ their leisure to the greater glory of God and our dear Lady, by contributing translations of the lives either of older Saints, or of th0se mentioned in this list, or any others who have died in the odour of sanctity, and are not named here. The arduousness of the undertaking makes it very necessary for him earnestly to repeat his petition for coadjutors in his labours. In July will be Published, The First Vol. of the Life of S. Pump Nam, translated from the Italian of Bacci, by the Rev. F. W. Faber, with an Intro duction on the Lives of the Modern Saints, by the Right Rev. Bishop Wiseman. On the 24th of August will be published, The Life of S. Ti-iouss VILLANOVA, from the French of F Maimbourg; and the Life of S. Farmers Souno, in 1 vol. As only a limited number of copies of this series W’Tl be printed, persons wishing to subscribe will please to send their names to the Publishers, Messrs.