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Alessandri (or d'Alessandro), Antonio

ALESSANDRI (O D'ALESSANDRO), ANTONIO

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ALESSANDRI (or d'Alessandro), Antonio. - Ascetical writer of the Conventual Friars Minor, b. at Pescopagano (Lucania) around 1625, d. at Naples in 1662. A pupil in Rome at the college of St. Bonaventure, master of theology and regent in the principal studia of the Order, he was later provincial of Naples (1667). Esteemed for his learning, he was a consultor of the Holy Office at Naples. Preconized by Innocent XI as bishop of Tricarico in 1662, he was not consecrated because of the death that overtook him. He left two spiritual works that were particularly appreciated: Breve modo di fare l'Oratione mentale (Naples 1630); and, posthumously, Modo per giungere alla perfezione della vita spirituale (ibid. 1674).

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BIBL.: N. Toppi, Biblioteca Neapolitana, Naples 1678; G. Franchini, Bibliografia di scrittori min. conc., Modena 1603, p. 59 ff.; J. H. Sbaralea, Suppl. ad Scriptores Ord. Min., III, 2nd ed., Rome 1936, p. 179.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 754.

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Di, Fonzo Lorenzo. “Alessandri (O d'Alessandro), antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 754. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alessandri-o-d-alessandro-antonio.

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Di, Fonzo Lorenzo. “Alessandri (O d'Alessandro), antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 754. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alessandri-o-d-alessandro-antonio.

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  author    = {Di, Fonzo Lorenzo},
  title     = {Alessandri (O d'Alessandro), antonio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {754},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/alessandri-o-d-alessandro-antonio}
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