GIGLI, ALESSANDRO. – Theologian of the Conventual Minors, known as da Figline, but born in Montepulciano in the second half of the sixteenth century and deceased in Modena in 1631.
A doctor of theology (1618), he was above all a director of consciences and an ascetical writer, leaving behind very devout booklets, such as Congregazione spirituale del divino amore (Bologna 1624), the dialogues of Regno del divino amore e paradiso delle anime spirituali (Modena 1626–27, 2 parts); and Via della Croce... in quindici stazioni (Bologna 1628), intended for the practice and dissemination of the pious exercise, and important for the period in which it appeared. G. died of the plague, while engaged in charitable work, in Modena, in a widespread reputation for holiness.