ST. FRANCIS CARACCIOLO, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE REGULAR MINIMIS June 4

ST. FRANCIS CARACCIOLO, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE REGULAR MINIMIS

St. Francis Caracciolo, Roman Catholic priest and Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular with St. John Augustine Adorno. He was born in 1563, a member of a noble Neapolitan family. Though he had a rare skin disease, much like leprosy, Francis became a priest, at which time his skin disease disappeared. In 1588, he co-founded the Minor Clerks Regular and spent the rest of his life as the superior. Feastday June 4