ANDRADE, ALFONSO de. - Ascetical writer, b. at Toledo (1590), a Jesuit in 1612, professor of philosophy and theology, qualificator of the Inquisition, a rural missionary for 50 years, d. at Madrid on 29 June 1672.
A biographer, he continued the Varones illustres... de la Compañía de Jesús of Fr. Nieremberg (V-VI, Madrid 1666-67) and published a Vida de la gloriosa virgen y abadesa s. Gertrudis, Madrid 1663. His ascetical output comprises the Meditaciones diarias, 4 vols., Madrid 1660, following the course of the liturgical year, and books of spiritual instruction specialized according to classes of persons: Libro de la guía de la salud y de la imitación de Nuestra Señora para todos los estados, 3 vols., Madrid 1642-46; Buen soldado católico, ibid. 1642; Estudiante perfecto, ibid. 1643, and others. He translated into Castilian the spiritual treatises of St. Robert Bellarmine and published a collection of Avisos espirituales de la gloriosa Madre santa Teresa de Jesús comentados, Madrid 1660 (in Italian at Venice 1720).
Bibliography3 worksJ. de Guibert, s. v. in DSp, I, col. 549; Sommervogel, I, coll. 317-28; J. E. de Uriarte-M. Lecina, Biblioteca de escritores de la Comp. de
BIBL.: J. de Guibert, s. v. in DSp, I, col. 549; Sommervogel, I, coll. 317-28; J. E. de Uriarte-M. Lecina, Biblioteca de escritores de la Comp. de Jesús... de España, I, Madrid 1925, pp. 182-200.
Lamalle, Edmondo. “Andrade, alfonso de.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1182. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/andrade-alfonso-de.
MLA
Lamalle, Edmondo. “Andrade, alfonso de.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1182. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/andrade-alfonso-de.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_andrade_alfonso_de,
author = {Lamalle, Edmondo},
title = {Andrade, alfonso de},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {1182},
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/andrade-alfonso-de}
}
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