DI MEO, ALESSANDRO. — Born in Vulturara on 3 Nov. 1726, died in Nola on 20 March 1786. He entered the Redemptorists, making his profession on 17 Jan. 1749. St. Alphonsus sent him to Naples to study Hebrew. From 1752 he taught theology.
A prolific writer, he dealt with history, chronology, diplomatics, and theology; noteworthy among his works is *Confutazione della lettera replica di d. Cipriano Aristasio a mgr. de’ Liguori. Si esamina quali sieno i veri sentimenti di S. Chiesa sopra la frequente comunione* (Naples 1764), a refutation of Jansenist rigorism regarding frequent communion. St. Alphonsus commissioned him to write it and later used it in his *Risposta apologetica circa l’uso della Communione* (ibid. 1764).
BIBL.: M. De Meulemeester, *Bibliographie générale des écrivains rédemptoristes*, II, Louvain 1935, pp. 125–26.