Rejected from the people of Avignone
As St. Hannibal stater going in Avignone, some of the people there stopped him and blackmailed the young priest, trying to discourage his zeal.
The meeting with Zancone
As a young priest, St. Hannibal met Zancone, a young beggar, half blind, and asked him “Do you know the things of God?”. He answered: “And who will teach that to me?”. St. Hannibal said: “I’ll be visiting you”. Zancone lived in Avignone, a very poor area, and from that time on, St. Hannibal started going there continuously.
