The Life Of St Philip Neri: Books I and II by Father Pietro Giacomo Bacci

Paperback: The Life of St Philip Neri (2017) by Fr Pietro Giacomo Bacci was published in 1622, just 27 years after St Philip's death in 1595. Fr Bacci was a member of the Roman Oratory, the Congregation founded by St Philip, and he based his book on the Processes instituted for St Philip's canonization. These Processes began just two months after Philips' death and depended on sworn testimony from hundreds of witnesses to Philip's extraordinary virtue and his many miracles. The Processes led to Philip's beatification in 1615 - also the year Guido Reni completed his famous painting of St Philip Neri in Ecstasy (see book cover) that hangs over Philip's tomb at Chiesa Nuova in Rome - and ultimately his canonization in 1622. 

While there have been many books written on St Philip Neri, Fr Bacci's book is a classic that has been translated into many languages and republished numerous times in the hundreds of years since St Philip's death. 

In republishing Fr Bacci's The Life of St Philip Neri also for Kindle, it is the editor's (William R Bloomfield) intention to increase access to this fine work. Ultimately, it is the editor's hope that we may all learn to imitate St Philip's deep love of God and neighbour.

This paperback edition of The Life of St Philip Neri is based on the 1902 revised edition of Fr Frederick Ignatius Antrobus of the London Oratory. 

The Life of St Philip Neri includes six books (Volumes I - VI). This first volume contains books one and two. 

The Life of St Philip Neri is edited by William R Bloomfield.