CALINO, CESARE. - Jesuit and preacher, b. in Brescia on 14 Feb. 1670, d. in Bologna on 19 Aug. 1749. After several years of teaching literature at Faenza, Parma and Venice, he devoted himself effectively to preaching, especially in Bologna, where he remained for twenty-five years and for seven commented on Holy Scripture.

Of his works (9 vols., Venice 1759), those that remain worthy of remembrance for their formative efficacy are the Quaresimale; the Trattenimenti sopra i Santi Vangeli e gli Atti degli Apostoli; Il giovanetto Giuseppe proposto ai giovanetti studiosi, but above all Le lezioni sacre e morali sul primo libro dei Re, where the various historical vicissitudes of Israel and the different characters of the personages offer him the means to correct morals skillfully and to provide maxims for a serious and socially beneficial Christian education. The accusations he forcefully raised against the historical value of Josephus stirred up polemics that dragged on for a long time.

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BIBL.: F. A. Zaccaria, Storia letteraria d'Italia, I, 2nd ed., Venice 1750, pp. 339-41; Sommervogel, II, coll. 543-52; Hurter, IV, coll. 1427-28.

Celestino Testore

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