GETINO, LUIS ALONSO. - Writer on ecclesiastical history, b. at Lugueros (Spain) on 12 Nov. 1877, d. at Salamanca on 9 July 1946. A Dominican in the Convent of Padron (Coruña) from 14 Nov. 1893, he was professor of ecclesiastical history and theological loci in the Convent of S. Stefano at Salamanca (1901–1909).
He founded the theological review La ciencia tomista, of which he was the first director (1910–13). He became rector of the College of S. Domenico at Oviedo from 1913 to 1916, then again director of La ciencia tomista (1916–22), and finally provincial of Spain (1922–26).
An indefatigable worker, he was a prolific and polished writer. He contributed to various Spanish journals, especially to La ciencia tomista. Among his volumes may be mentioned: Vida y procesos del maestro fr. Luis de León (Salamanca 1907); Historia del convento de S. Domingo el Real de Madrid (Madrid 1919); Documentos legislativos y históricos de las provincias hispano-americanas Ord. Praed. (2 vols., ibid. 1929). He also published various works by G. Taulero, D. Soto, Ludovico da Granata, Francesco de Vitoria, and other Dominicans. By decree of 19 Feb. 1936, the work Del gran numero de los que se salven y de la mitigación de las penas eternas was placed on the Index.