Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948

Alfonso della Croce

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ALFONSO della CROCE. - Spanish Franciscan of the 17th century, born of a noble family at Valdemoro, died at Medina on 24 January 1631. He was several times local superior, provincial definitor and general visitor of his Order.

Besides many discourses on the Sunday Gospels and for the principal feasts of the year, he wrote: De la pureza del Apostol s. Pablo (Madrid 1599); Camino de la salvación (Salamanca 1625); Compendio de la vida espiritual (Salamanca 1625); Bibliotheca franciscana and Manual de Prelados, which remained unpublished.

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BIBL.: N. Antonius, Bibliotheca Hispana Nova, I, Madrid 1783, p. 20; L. Wadding, Scriptores Ordinis Minorum, Rome 1906, p. 12; J. B. Sbaraka, Supplementum et castigatio ad scriptores trium Ordinum s. Francisci, I, Rome 1908, p. 26.

Egidio Caggiano

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 857.

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Caggiano, Egidio. “Alfonso della Croce.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 857. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-della-croce.

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Caggiano, Egidio. “Alfonso della Croce.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 857. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-della-croce.

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  author    = {Caggiano, Egidio},
  title     = {Alfonso della Croce},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {857},
  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/alfonso-della-croce}
}

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