**BELIGATTI, Cassiano.** — Born in Macerata in 1708, died there in 1785. A Capuchin (1725) of the Marches province, he left with nine other friars for Tibet in 1738, arriving in Lhasa in January 1741. In August 1742 he went to Nepal, carrying out his mission work also in Bengal until 1756. Returning home due to illness, he published *Memorie storiche riguardanti il compagno missionario Giuseppe M. Bernini da Gargnasco* (Verona 1767); on behalf of the Propaganda Fide, *Alphabetum Brammahanicum seu Judostanum universitatis Kasi* (Rome 1771), and *Alphabetum Tangutanum sive Tibetanum* (ibid. 1773). Of historical interest is his *Giornale* (1738–56), of which the first part was partially edited by A. Magnaghi (Florence 1902); the manuscript of the second part is now lost.
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**BELIN, K. aERT.** — Benedictine bishop and writer, born in Besançon (according to others in Dôle) around 1610, died in Belley on 29 April 1677. He took religious vows in the abbey of Faverney in 1630 and was later transferred to Cluny, Charité-sur-Loire, and Nevers; he was then sent to Paris, where, owing to his reputation as a skilled preacher, he entered the circle of friends of Galbert, through whose good offices he was consecrated bishop of Belley in 1666. He devoted himself curiously to studies in alchemy and astrology in order to refute them more easily; he also engaged in philosophy and polemical-positive theology, particularly vindicating the perfect harmony between the principles of faith and reason.
His works include: *Les emblèmes eucharistiques on octave du Saint Sacrement* (Paris 1647); *Les solides pensées de l'âme pour la parter à son devoir* (ibid. 1648); *Poudre de projection démontrée* (ibid. 1653); *Pierre philosophale* (ibid. 1653); *Preuves convaincantes des vérités du christianisme* (ibid. 1658, 1666); *Aventures du philosophe incvum* (ibid. 1664; 1674); *Traité des toilsmaux ou figures atrioles* (ibid. 1671); *Poudre de sympathie justifiée* (ibid. 1709). If he is to be identified with Alfonso Belin, Benedictine prior of Charité-sur-Loire, then one must also attribute to him: *La vérité de la religion catholique et la fausseté de la religion prétendue réformée* (Nevers 1683).