 The fame of the holy life and the austerities practised by Pietro Morone in his solitude on the Mountain of Majella, near Sulmona, attracted many visitors, several of whom were moved to remain and share his mode of life.They built a small convent on the spot inhabited by the holy hermit, which became too small for the accommodation of those who came to share their life of privations.Peter of Morone (later Pope Celestine V), their founder, built a number of other small oratories in that neighborhood.