LA PALMA, LUIS de. - Jesuit, writer on asceticism, b. in Toledo in 1550, d. in Madrid on 20 April 1641. After completing his studies, he almost always held positions of government; superior at Talavera, Villarejo, Madrid, Alcalà, Murcia and twice provincial of Toledo (1615-18; 1624-27).
He devoted himself to preparing his works for the press, by order of his superiors, who knew how much they were sought after by their hearers; thus there appeared the two truly classic ones, which created for him the reputation of the best master of spirituality of his century: Historia de la sagrada Pasión, sacada de los 4 Evangelios (Alcalà 1624), not a critical and scientific history, but a meditated history, dense with affections and with practical and effective counsels; Camino espiritual (2 vols., ibid. 1626), a full commentary on the book of the Exercises of St. Ignatius. The two works were to have a sequel of other volumes; but there appeared in print only: Practica y breve declaración del « Camino espiritual » (Madrid 1629). Posthumously there appeared: Tractatus aliqui de examine conscientiae generali, quotidiano (Antwerp 1710).
Bibliography4 worksSommervogel, VI, coll. 150-55; A. Astrain, Hist. de la C. de J. en la Asistencia de España, V, Madrid 1916, pp. 50-51, 94-95; J. Rodriguez M
BIBL.: Sommervogel, VI, coll. 150-55; A. Astrain, Hist. de la C. de J. en la Asistencia de España, V, Madrid 1916, pp. 50-51, 94-95; J. Rodriguez Molero, Mística y estil de la « Hist. sagrada de la Pasión » del p. L. de la P., in Revista de espiritualidad, 3 (1944), pp. 295-331; F. Cereceda, Carta necrologica sobre el p. L. de la P., in Manresa, 17 (1945), pp. 155-61.
Testore, Celestino. “La Palma, luis de.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 905–906. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/la-palma-luis-de.
MLA
Testore, Celestino. “La Palma, luis de.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 905–906. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/la-palma-luis-de.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_la_palma_luis_de,
author = {Testore, Celestino},
title = {La Palma, luis de},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {905--906},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/la-palma-luis-de}
}
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