Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Dogmatic theology Theologians

Calancha, Antonio

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Also known as: Spanish: Antonio de la Calancha; Latin: Antonius Calancha

CALANCHA, ANTONIO. - B. at La Plata in Peru in 1584, d. at Lima on 1 March 1654. At the age of 14 he took the Augustinian habit. He became famous not only as a historian, philosopher and theologian, but also as a preacher, director of souls and cultivator of the natural sciences.

Principal works: De Inmaculata B. Virginis Conceptione (Lima 1629); Crónica moralizada de la Orden de s. Agustin en el Perú (I, Barcelona 1639; II, Lima 1653); De natura et qualitatibus castoris americani (1642).

Bibliography

BIBL.: C. Vela, Ensayo de una biblioteca Ibero-Americana de la Orden de s. Agustin, I, Madrid 1913, pp. 487-94.

Davide Falcioni

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 321.

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Falcioni, Davide. “Calancha, antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 321. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/calancha-antonio.

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Falcioni, Davide. “Calancha, antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 321. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/calancha-antonio.

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@incollection{ec3_calancha_antonio,
  author    = {Falcioni, Davide},
  title     = {Calancha, antonio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {321},
  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/calancha-antonio}
}

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