MALAFOSSA, GIACOMO. - Philosopher and theologian of the Conventual Friars Minor (also called Giacomo and Giacomino Bargius), b. at Barge (Cuneo) ca. 1480, d. there in 1563.
He was trained in the school of Fr. Girolamo Gadi, praised as a metaphysician even by Seripando (Conc. Trid., Diaria, II, 400 n. 6), and took his degree in theology. Apart from the brief interlude of his provincialate of Liguria (from 1537), he always devoted himself to teaching: for 25 years regent of the Studio del Santo at Padua, and professor of metaphysics, for more than 40 years, at the University of Padua. He also held the office of inquisitor at Padua from 1547. In his last years he was summoned by the Duke of Savoy to Turin, where he taught for a short time longer, at the University.
He was an "elegant and spiritual Scotist," as Bertoni has defined him (v. bibl.). His participation in the Council of Trent, attested by various writers of the Order and not yet confirmed by the official acts, remained perhaps marginal: he would have delivered or written a discourse there; his Commentaria in I Sent. Scoti (Padua 1560) were, however, consulted and appreciated; urged by various conciliar fathers, he published in 1546 the Dissertatio an quis scire possit se esse in gratia Dei.
Other writings: Quaestio de subiecto metaphysicae (Padua 1553); Oratio... ad obtinendam remissionem omnium peccatorum... (ibid. 1562); he left unpublished an Expositio in metaphysicae Aristotelis (at Ferrara), the Commentaria in II, III et IV Sent. Scoti, and commentaries on the Pauline epistles.
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Lorenzo Di Fonzo of Ceuta. The area of the Moroccan protectorate is governed by the apostolic vicar of Tangier.
The diocese has an area of 7,226 sq. km. with a population of 665,500 inhabitants, of whom 660,120 are Catholics. It has 193 parishes, served by 141 diocesan priests and 110 regulars, one seminary, 22 male religious communities and 95 female (1949).
Setting aside the national legend, which would have this diocese founded by a disciple of the apostle St. James, its existence must be admitted at the end of the 3rd century, since a bishop of it named Patricius was present at the Council of Elvira. Some Malacitan prelates are found in the early times of the Saracen domination, but afterwards this church almost disappeared; nevertheless in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries some titular bishops are found. After Malaga was reconquered by King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella, who made their solemn entry into the city on 19 Aug. 1487, the episcopal see was re-established there in the same year; the first residential bishop was Pietro Diaz de Toledo Ovalle, chief almoner of these sovereigns. The principal mosque was adapted as the cathedral church, purified and consecrated with a solemn liturgical rite, until in 1528 the present building was constructed under Bishop Cesare Riario, successor in the same see of Cardinal Raffaele, his brother, both nephews of Pope Sixtus IV. The works were interrupted in 1785, so that it still remains unfinished; it is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The collegiate church of Antequera, founded in 1503 and suppressed in 1851, was re-established by Leo XIII; it possesses precious paintings by Murillo and an incalculable wealth of ancient vestments. In the Cathedral there are also paintings by Cano, Coello, Morales and G. de Juanes and notable statues, one by Merra. The diocese is dedicated to Our Lady of Victory. The patrons of the city are the martyrs Cyriacus and Paula.
Among the churches, S. Maria della Vittoria, consecrated in 1518; Cristo della Salute, formerly officiated by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus who are currently at S. Agostino; S. Giuliano, attached to the Hospital of Charity, erected in 1669, with paintings by Guevara; S. Pietro, erected as a parish in 1658, then passed to N. S. del Carmelo; S. Giuseppe, built in 1545.
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ARCHAEOLOGY
The excavations carried out at St. Peter of Alcantara of M., in the locality of Vega del Mar, have brought to light a Christian cemetery and a basilica divided by pillars into three naves; opposite the apse was a second one used for burial, and to the right of the main apse a baptistery communicating with the basilica by means of arches supported by columns, with a cruciform font, and with another rectangular font nearby.
The basilica is later than the earthquake of 365, while the tombs belong to the Visigothic period (6th-7th centuries).