Francis of Paola, O.M., was a Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Calabria who founded the Order of Minims. He was named after Francis of Assisi and like him Francis of Paola was never ordained a priest.

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• Patron saint of Calabria

• Paola

• Calabria

• Corigliano-Rossano

• Altomonte

• Botricello

• Paterno Calabro

• Sicily

• Stornarella

• San Fili

• formerly of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

• co-patron saint of Naples

27 March 1416

1507-04-02

Canonized

1 May 1519

Pope Leo X

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