Saint andrew avellino biography of michael jackson

          ST. ANDREW AVELLINO, CONFESSOR by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, St. Andrew Avellino was born at Castro Nuovo, in the kingdom of Naples.!

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        2. ST. ANDREW AVELLINO, CONFESSOR by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, St. Andrew Avellino was born at Castro Nuovo, in the kingdom of Naples.
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          5. Andrew Avellino

          16th century Italian Theatine priest

          Andrew (Andrea) Avellino (1521 – 10 November 1608) was an Italian Theatine priest. He is venerated as the patron saint of Naples and Sicily and invoked especially against a sudden death.

          He led a life busy in preaching, hearing confessions, and visiting the sick, and writing.

          Life

          Born at Castronuovo (today Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea), a small town in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, his baptismal name was Lancelotto, which he changed to Andrew when he entered the 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 Naples to study canon and civil law, obtained the degree of Doctor of Laws and was ordained priest at the a