Niccolò Orlandini (April 10, 1553 – May 17, 1606) was an Italian Jesuit author.

Biography

He was born at

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in 1553. He entered the

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in November 7, 1572, became rector of the Jesuit college at

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and was

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for five years. He was finally appointed secretary of the Jesuit general

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, who in 1558 detailed him to write the history of the Jesuit Order, his master piece. He died in Rome in 1606.

Works

His history of the Jesuit Order comprises only the generalate of St. Ignatius. It was edited by Sacchini, and appeared under the title (Rome, 1614, 1615, 1621; Antwerp, 1620; Cologne, 1620). It is written in the form of annals and based chiefly on a life written by the saint's secretary, de Polanco. It was continued by Francesco Sacchini,

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, Joseph de Jouvancy and

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. The sixth and last part, reaching to 1633, was published at Rome in 1758. Other works are: * (1585–1588) * (1617); the same also appeared under the title (1647) * (1876)

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Orlandini, Niccolo 1553 births 1606 deaths Writers from Florence Italian male non-fiction writers 16th-century Italian Jesuits Jesuit historiography 16th-century Italian historians 16th-century Italian male writers