| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Neri, Saint Philip |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ne·ri |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n  r |
| DATES: | 1515–1595 |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Filippo Neri. |
| Italian ecclesiastic who founded (1564) a religious order, the Fathers of the Oratory, and advised the Holy See to absolve Henry IV of France.
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