Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Asceticism & mysticism Ascetics, mystics, writers

Avitrani, Vincenzo

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AVITRANI, VINCENZO. - According to Mazzuchelli and Villarosa the name is Avinatri. Ascetical writer, b. at Bergamo in 1612. He spent almost his whole life in Naples, where he entered the Oratorians (1629) and died in 1685.

He was master of novices, superior and a valued spiritual director. Posthumous work: Calix inebrians ex suavissimo Christi passionis botro eliquatus, Naples 1694. Mazzuchelli, following Fr. Pio Tommaso Milante (Auctarium, supplement to Bibliotheca Sancta of Sixtus of Siena, Naples 1742, p. 552), also attributes to him a Trattato dei dolori della Vergine.

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BIBL.: Anon., Epitome vitae A., Naples 1695; C. A. di Villarosa, Memorie degli Scrittori Filippini, I, Naples 1837, p. 20, who reports the information from Mazzuchelli, I, II, p. 1260.

Francesco Tinello

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 553.

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Tinello, Francesco. “Avitrani, vincenzo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 553. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/avitrani-vincenzo.

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Tinello, Francesco. “Avitrani, vincenzo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 553. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/avitrani-vincenzo.

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  author    = {Tinello, Francesco},
  title     = {Avitrani, vincenzo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {553},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/avitrani-vincenzo}
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