He was born in
Naples. Details of his training and specific works are scant. In 1819, along with the fellow painters
Paolo Girgenti and
Costanzo Angelini, he was commissioned to create an inventory of the paintings at the Royal Art Gallery (Pinacoteca) in Naples, which would form the core of the collections of the
Capodimonte Museum. By 1822 he was an associate member, along with Constanzo Angelini,
Antonio Nicolini, and others, of the Royal Bourbon Society (Società Reale Borbonica) of the Fine Arts. In 1823 he successfully competed for the post of professor of painting in the Royal Academy of Design. Among his works are
Christ among the Doctors, Christ of the Charity, Christ of the Innocence. He is described as having a style recalling
Titian. Along with
Raffaele Ciappa, Celestino was commissioned by the Bourbon authorities to help develop a method to restore and protect wall frescoes at
Pompei. ==References==