Felix of Cantalice O.F.M. Cap. (Italian: Felice da Cantalice) was born on 18 May 1515 to peasant parents in Cantalice Italy in the central Italian region of Lazio. As a boy he worked hard as a farm laborer and shepherd and in 1543 entered the newly founded Capuchin friars as a lay brother at the Citta Ducale friary in the municipality of Anticoli Corrado.It is said that he was well noted for his piety. In 1547 he was sent to Rome as quaestor of the Capuchin Friary of St.
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