Saint Francis of Paola

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Saint Francis of Paola was a 15th-century Italian hermit and founder of the Order of Minims, renowned for his austere life, miracles, and influence as a spiritual advisor to European rulers.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Francis of Paola canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic monk
Catholic religious order
Catholic saint
Christian hermit
Italian Roman Catholic priest
founder of a religious order
miracle worker
mystic
advisorTo Charles VIII of France
Louis XI of France
ageAtDeath 91
associatedWith French royal court
Kingdom of Naples
birthName Francesco di Paola
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Leo X
centuryOfActivity 15th century
16th century
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Kingdom of Naples
dateOfBirth 1416-03-27
dateOfCanonization 1519-05-01
dateOfDeath 1507-04-02
devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
to the Holy Trinity
familyName di Paola
feastDay 04-02
April 2
founded Order of Minims
givenName Francesco
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced Louis XI of France
knownFor strict abstinence from meat and animal products
languageSpoken Italian
Latin
lifestyle hermitic
notableFor austere life of penance
miracles
spiritual direction of rulers
patronage Calabria
Italian seafarers
against fire
people suffering from rheumatism
placeOfBirth Paola, Calabria, Italy
placeOfDeath Plessis-lès-Tours, France
promoted asceticism
charity
humility
penance
regionOfActivity Calabria
France
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
religiousFounder Saint Francis of Paola self-linksurface differs
religiousOrder Order of Minims
spiritualTradition Catholic asceticism
eremitic life
title Confessor
vow vow of chastity
vow of obedience
vow of perpetual Lent
vow of poverty

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Francisco de Paula namedAfter Saint Francis of Paola
Jean Restout the Younger notableWork Saint Francis of Paola
Saint Francis of Paola religiousFounder Saint Francis of Paola self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Order of Minims
Basilica of San Francesco di Paola dedicatedTo Saint Francis of Paola