The Patron saint of the island of Ischia and joint Patron saint of Naples. He was born with the name of Carlo Gaetano Calorsito in the hamlet of Ischia Ponte on 15th of August 1654. He was the son of a noble family living on the Castle. He pursued classical studies with the Augustinians.
The imagination of the contemporary traveler gets lost in the alleys, after crossing Piazza del Plebiscito, touching the Royal Palace, the San Carlo Theater, and Via Toledo, aiming here and there at the surprising green patches of Capodimonte, the vegetable gardens and the Posillipine parks and the coastal cliffs of yellow tuff.