Luca Pinelli (1542 Melfi; 1607 Naples) was an Italian
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Life
Born at
Melfi,
Basilicata
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, to a family from the
Republic of Genoa, in 1562 he entered the
Society of Jesus, where he taught theology and philosophy. Subsequently, he was sent to
Germany and
France to combat
Protestantism, teaching theology at the universities of
Ingolstadt (1575-1577) and
Pont-a-Mousson (1577-1580). Under his influence, the two universities adopted ''
Summa Theologica'' by
Thomas Aquinas as a textbook.
Returned in Italy, Pinelli became rector at the colleges of
Florence,
Perugia and
Palermo
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, where he composed most of his ascetical writings. Then he moved to
Naples, where he died in 1607.
Works
*''De Statu Animarum In Altero Seculo'' (1577)
*''Theologica Disputatio De Christo Opt. Max. Ac Matre Eivs Sanctissima'' (1577)
*''De ecclesia theologica disputatio'' (1580)
*''Libretto di brevi meditazioni del Santiss. Sacramento'' (1598)
*''Meditationi Utilissime, Sopra I Quindeci Misterii Del Rosario, Della Sacratissima Vergine Maria'' (1602)
*''Piae meditationes de Sanctissimo Eucharistiae sacramento'' (1603)
*''Brevi Meditationi Sopra Quattro Novissimi Dell'Huomo'' (1605)
*''Trattato delle sante indulgenze. Et del modo di quadagnarle così per i vivi, come peri morti'' (1607)
*''Quaranta Essercitii Spirituali, Per L'Oratione delle Quaranta Hore'' (1609)
*''Trattato del valore, et meravigliosi frutti della S. Messa'' (1609)
Bibliography
*John Richard Roberts, ''A critical anthology of English recusant devotional prose, 1558-1603'', Duquesne University Press, 1966
1542 births
1607 deaths
People from Melfi
16th-century Italian Jesuits
16th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians
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