Origin: Marianella, near Naples Historical identity: Neapolitan; Kingdom of Naples Affiliation: Redemptorist (CSsR)
Life and work
Neapolitan moral theologian, missionary bishop and founder of the Redemptorists. He wrote for confessors and ordinary Christians, seeking a pastoral practice both morally serious and attentive to human weakness.
Places and activities
Naples
1696-1732; later returns
Trained as a lawyer, became a priest and ministered to the poor.
Years are historical biographical dates; an approximate label on a place record remains approximate.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
Primary-work catalogue; availability varies by edition.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907. Biographical article.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.