Oratory Of St Philip Neri, Congregation Of The
ORATORY OF ST PHILIP NERI, CONGREGATION OF THE, or Oratorians, a religious order consisting of a number of independent houses. The first congregation was formally organized in 1575 by the Florentine priest, Phihp Neri. (See Neri, Philip.)
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