AQUILINI, IGNAZIO. — Dominican. Born at Ragusa in 1632, died there in the Val di Noce convent on 7 April 1715. His studies, undertaken in Bologna, prepared him for the roles of lecturer in Sacred Scripture, preacher, and ascetical writer. He served as prior in Bologna and in 1690 as vicar general of the Ragusan congregation.
From his youth, he endured extremely painful physical ailments, yet he set an example of rare patience and zeal for souls. He left (unpublished) works in Latin and Croatian on ascetical themes (*Locutio sincer cum Deo cordis*, *Bona mors*, *Tragoeedia humana vitae*), as well as literary and medical works. He published in Ancona (1688) the office of St. Dominic and in Venice (1689) that of the Madonna, both in Croatian.
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