Agostino Bernal (born at
Magallon in
Aragon
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in 1587; died at
Saragossa
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, 13 September 1642) was a Spanish
Jesuit
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theologian.
Life
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1603 when sixteen years old. A classical scholar, he taught humanities and rhetoric with success. The greater part of his life, however, he spent as professor of philosophy and theology at Saragossa.
Works
His published works are:
*"Disputationes de Divini Verbi Incarnatione" (Saragossa, 1639);
*"Disputationes de Sacramentis in genere, Eucharistia et Ordine" (Lyons, 1651) a posthumous work.
References
;Attribution
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Southwell, ''Bibliotheca'', 93;
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Hugo von Hurter
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, ''Nomenclator'', 380.
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1587 births
1642 deaths
17th-century Spanish Jesuits
17th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians
Spanish philosophers
University of Zaragoza faculty