V CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA DI SANT'ANDREA AVELLINO
1521 - 2021

Il 20 agosto 2021, con l'annullo filatelico per ricordare la ricorrenza, iniziano le manifestazioni per celebrare il Santo che, a causa della pandemia, proseguiranno fino al 2022.

Maggiori informazioni si trovano nella sezione VERSO IL V CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA.

ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY

There was a priest called Andrew (part five)

Part five: since the last days on the Earth till his canonization The young lay brothers who were assigned to assist the aging Andrew tended to lead rather tricky existences. One day Andrew...

There was a priest called Andrew (part four)

Part four: since the meeting with Farnese family till the last days on the Earth Thus occurred the first meeting between two men who would become life-long friends. Andrew would love and be l...

There was a priest called Andrew (part one)

Part one: since he was born, till when he came back to Naples (1547) Andrew is the name he gave himself. His baptismal name was Lancillotto Avellino, and like Sir Lancelot of Arthur’s court he w...

There was a priest called Andrew (part three)

Part three: since the trip to Rome till his mission in Milan and in Placencia He had never seen the imperial city, and now, of course, he wanted to call on the Theatine Pope Paul IV and to meet t...

There was a priest called Andrew (part two)

Part two: since spiritual conferences of the Society of Jesus to his solemn vow In December of the same year, members of the Society of Jesus, then a very new order, came to Naples to give a serie...