The life of St. Philip, in two volumes, which formed the first of the series of 'Lives of the Saints and Servants of God', commenced by Father Faber in 1847, was a translation of the Italian Life by Father Bacci, from an enlarged and corrected edition, published at Rome, by Marini, in 1837. It has been out of print for some time, and is republished in the present volume. A few words seem called for to explain the changes which have been made in this edition. Lastly, an index and a table of contemporary Popes have been added, for the reader's convenience.