St. Philip Neri was one of the great Roman reformers and educators of the Catholic Reformation era. He influenced all classes of society and encouraged the work of many scholars. Dr. Willaim Marra looks at Neri's unique devotional "style", involving a simultaneous call to the highest sanctity and a tragicomic recognition of all human foibles. Taken from: Protestant Rebellion and Catholic Reform (1517-1648) - 1997 VonHildebrand Institute