Father Francis Caracciolo’s Burning Heart of Zeal - Catholic Insight

Father Francis Caracciolo’s Burning Heart of Zeal - Catholic Insight

Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563 – 1608) was a near contemporary of Saint Philip Neri, whom he resembles in some ways, and with whom the Order he began had a connection. He was born Ascanio dei Caracciolo Pisquizi, of a noble family, with his mother descended from the same line as Thomas Aquinas. Falling deathly ill at the age of 22, Ascanio made a promise that he would devote his life to God were he to survive, similar to what Martin Luther did i…