Andrew Avellino

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Clement XI
Major shrineChurch of St. Paul, Naples
Feast10 November
PatronageNaples, Sicily, Badolato ; invoked against sudden death
San Paolo Maggiore (Naples)
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Andrew (Andrea) Avellino (1521 – 10 November 1608) was an Italian

preaching, hearing confessions
, and visiting the sick, and writing.

Life

Born at Castronuovo (today

Order of Theatines. After receiving his elementary training in the school at Castronuovo, he was sent to Venice to pursue a course in the humanities and in philosophy. Being a handsome youth, his chastity was often exposed to danger from female admirers, and to escape their importuning he took ecclesiastical tonsure.[1]

He went to

Doctor of Laws and was ordained priest at the age of twenty-six.[2] For some time he held the office of lawyer at the ecclesiastical court of Naples.[1]

The archbishop of Naples now commissioned him to reform a

Order of Theatines, which had only recently been founded by Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene. In 1556, on the vigil of the Assumption he was invested, being then thirty-five years of age, and took the name of Andrew.[3]

After completing his novitiate, he obtained permission to visit the tombs of the Apostles and the Martyrs at Rome, and, upon his return, was made master of novices. After holding this office for ten years, he was elected superior. His zeal for strict religious discipline and for the purity of the clergy, as well as his deep humility and sincere piety, induced the General of his Order to entrust him with the foundation of two new Theatine houses, one at Milan and the other at Piacenza. By his efforts, many more Theatine houses rose up in various dioceses of Italy. As superior of some of these new foundations, he was so successful in converting sinners and heretics by his prudence in the direction of souls and by his eloquent preaching that numerous disciples thronged around him, eager to be under his spiritual guidance.[1] One of the most noteworthy of his disciples was Lorenzo Scupoli, the author of The Spiritual Combat. Charles Borromeo was a close friend of Avellino and sought his advice in the most important affairs of the church. He also requested him to establish a new Theatine house in Milan.

Works

Though indefatigable in

ascetical
works. His letters were published in 1731 at Naples in two volumes, and his other ascetical works were published three years later in five volumes.

Death

On 10 November 1608, when beginning the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, he was stricken with

canonized by Pope Clement XI
.

Veneration

He is venerated as patron saint of Naples and Sicily and invoked especially against a sudden death. He is also invoked for the protection of stroke victims. His remains lie buried in the Church of San Paolo Maggiore in Naples.[4] His feast day is 10 November.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Ott, Michael. "St. Andrew Avellino." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 13 June 2018
  2. ^ a b "Lives of the Saints: November: 10: St. Andrew Avellino". sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  3. ^ Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology. B. Herder. p. 72.
  4. ISBN 0-14-051312-4
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  5. ^ Hollingsworth, Gerelyn. "St. Andrew Avellino", National Catholic Reporter, November 10, 2011

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Andrew Avellino". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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