CAGLIOLA, FILIPPO. - Theologian, historian, conventual writer, b. in Malta at the beginning of the 17th century, d. in Naples in 1653. Having entered the Franciscans of the province of Sicily and been admitted to the Sistine College of St. Bonaventure in Rome (1634), he obtained there the master's degree in theology (1637). Returning to Malta, he founded in Valletta a Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception (1637). He then became a lecturer in Syracuse, Catania, and Rome (1641). In 1643 he preached with great success in Messina, defending the Immaculate Conception.
His discourses were collected in the volume La lettera di Messina in difesa di Maria, cioè l'Immacolata Concezione provata e difesa in 9 discorsi su detta Lettera (Messina 1650). Theologian of the bishop of Cefalù and consultor of the Holy Office in Malta and Sicily; superior in Palermo and Messina (1649); commissioner general of Malta (1653) and secretary and provincial commissioner of Sicily; historiographer general of the Order (1653), he composed other volumes, such as Siciliensis Provinciae O. F. M. Conv. manifestationes (Venice 1644); Catholica pugna inquisitorum apostolicorum in haereticam pravitatem (finished in 1649) and Tractatus de Melitensibus rebus apologeticus, which remained unpublished.
Bibliography10 worksArch. Gen. SS. XII Apostoli, Regesta O. F. M. Conv., codd. 33, foll. 41, 140; 37, fol. 108; 34, foll. 25, 212; 39, foll. 123, 224; 42, foll.
BIBL.: Arch. Gen. SS. XII Apostoli, Regesta O. F. M. Conv., codd. 33, foll. 41, 140; 37, fol. 108; 34, foll. 25, 212; 39, foll. 123, 224; 42, foll. 248, 312; B. Teuli, Triumphus seraphicus Collegii S. Bonaventurac, Velletri 1655, p. 150; G. Franchini, Bibliosofia di scritt. franc. conv., Modena 1693, pp. 203-204; Wadding, Scriptores, p. 195; Sbaralea, II, p. 376; D. Sparacio, Siciliensis Prov. O. F. M. Conv. conspectus hist., Rome 1925, pp. 103-104.
Odoardi, Giovanni. “Cagliola, filippo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 294–295. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cagliola-filippo.
MLA
Odoardi, Giovanni. “Cagliola, filippo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 294–295. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cagliola-filippo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_cagliola_filippo,
author = {Odoardi, Giovanni},
title = {Cagliola, filippo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {294--295},
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/cagliola-filippo}
}
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