FRANCO, SECONDO. - Jesuit, preacher, b. in Turin on 22 Jan. 1817, d. there on 10 Nov. 1893. He preached the word of God assiduously in all its forms at Massa Carrara, Bastia, Trent, Florence, Venice, Rome, always with great fruit, combating the errors of those very difficult times: memorable were the missions held for four consecutive years in the Italian Tyrol. He was expelled from Florence in 1859 for a frank word against the revolution. He was superior in Turin (1869-82); then rector and master of novices at Chieri (1883-86) and again superior in Turin until his death.
His works, which continue even today the effectiveness of his preaching, were collected in 17 vols. (Modena 1883-89) and contain sermons, panegyrics, treatises on apologetics and ascetics. To be remembered in particular: Della devozione al S. Cuore di Gesù (Rome 1854); Risposte popolari alle obbiezioni più comuni contro la religione (2 vols., Turin 1859), repeatedly republished and translated into almost all the languages of Europe; Il mese di Maggio, consacrato alla S.ma Vergine (Venice 1865); Il mese di Giugno, consacrato al S. Cuore di Gesù (Turin 1875); Il S. Cuore di Maria. Considerazioni (Modena 1882); Il soprannaturale ossia la ricchezza del cristiano (Modena 1887); Gli Esercizi spirituali di s. Ignazio (2 vols., Turin 1892). What forms the particular merit of F. is the fluid and clear style, the force of the argumentation, the frank timeliness and above all the warmth and unction that animate his pages. A man of counsel par excellence, a consoler of the poor, he stamped his piety with an intimate devotion to the Sacred Heart.
Bibliography5 worksSommervogel, IX, coll. 261-68; [E. Polidori], Necrologio, in Civ. Catt., 15th series (1893, IV), pp. 625-26; anonymous, Memorie del p. S. F.
BIBL.: Sommervogel, IX, coll. 261-68; [E. Polidori], Necrologio, in Civ. Catt., 15th series (1893, IV), pp. 625-26; anonymous, Memorie del p. S. F., in Lettere edificanti della Prov. tarinese d. C. d. G., 1893-96, Turin 1897, pp. 287-332; P. Galletti, Memorie storiche intorno al p. Luigi Riccardi, Prato 1901, pp. 275-346; S. Camprandi, De ciuris adalibus prov. Tancinensis S. I. Commentarii, Turin 1906, pp. 225-50.
Testore, Celestino. “Franco, secondo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1695–1696. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/franco-secondo.
MLA
Testore, Celestino. “Franco, secondo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1695–1696. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/franco-secondo.
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@incollection{ec5_franco_secondo,
author = {Testore, Celestino},
title = {Franco, secondo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1695--1696},
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/franco-secondo}
}
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