AURIEMMA TOMASO. - Jesuit ascetical writer, b. in Napoli probably in 1614, d. there on 26 Nov. 1671. A religious from 1632, he was a teacher of literature and moral theology, then a rural missionary. Learned and most pious, he published works imbued with faith and uncommon erudition.
The most celebrated is a practical treatise on devotion to the Blessed Virgin: Affetti scambievoli tra la Vergine SS. e suoi devoti, Napoli 1657, in two parts of approximately 330 pages each:
na: it is exceedingly rich in anecdotes, whose sources are almost always cited with great diligence. Another excellent work is Stanza dell'animo nelle piaghe di Gesù, Napoli 1651-57, in two parts, a short practical treatise on Christian life, followed by a long series of meditations studded with texts from the holy Fathers and Doctors; it was translated into Spanish and German, and frequently reprinted, even in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He also left pamphlets on the Virgin and St. Anne.