Filippo Gibbone

Who was Filippo Gibbone?

Filippo Gibbone served as a bishop in Naples, Italy, and become famous for a book he wrote on Saint Antonino Abate. It was published in 1885, and official name was, "Vita del santo abate Antonino di Campagna."

Soon after writing the book he died alone in his hometown, for all his family immigrated to America. And he tried to have them return by beckoning them with the his profits that he made from the book, and good dealings, No One Returned.