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Di Meo, Alessandro

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DI MEO, ALESSANDRO. - Born at Vulturara on 3 Nov. 1726, died at 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; of his works mention should be made of 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) against the rigoristic excesses of Jansenism; St. Alphonsus entrusted him with writing it and later used it in his Risposta apologetica circa l'uso della Comunione (ibid. 1764).

Bibliography

BIBL.: M. De Meulemeester, Bibliographie générale des écrivains rédemptoriens, II, Louvain 1935, pp. 125-26.

Massimo Petrocchi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 1609–1610.

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Petrocchi, Massimo. “Di Meo, alessandro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1609–1610. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/di-meo-alessandro.

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Petrocchi, Massimo. “Di Meo, alessandro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1609–1610. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/di-meo-alessandro.

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  author    = {Petrocchi, Massimo},
  title     = {Di Meo, alessandro},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1609--1610},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/di-meo-alessandro}
}

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