PAGANI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Immediate successor of Rosmini (v.) in the direction of the Institute of Charity (v.), b. at Borgomanero (Novara) on 1 May 1806, d. at Rome on 26 Dec. 1860. First spiritual director in the Seminary of Novara, having later become a religious, he was sent to England with the other famous Rosminian Luigi Gentili, who died in the odor of sanctity and who played a leading part in the re-establishment of the hierarchy in England as counselor of the Holy See together with Fr. [Instancabile nell'apostolato], the Fr. governed the Institute in England until the death of Rosmini (1855).
A most pious soul, ardent with charity and zeal for religion, he was a prolific and enlightened writer of ascetical works. His writings demonstrate this, among them the very popular L'anima divota della S.ma Eucaristia (1855); L'anima amante (1848); Exercitia spiritualia (1856); La scienza dei Santi, 3 vols. (1853 in English; 1895 Italian trans.). The Rosminian bulletin Charitas (1935) published in installments a brief Life of the Fr.
Bozzetti, Giuseppe. “Pagani, giovanni battista.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 554. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/pagani-giovanni-battista.
MLA
Bozzetti, Giuseppe. “Pagani, giovanni battista.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 554. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pagani-giovanni-battista.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec9_pagani_giovanni_battista,
author = {Bozzetti, Giuseppe},
title = {Pagani, giovanni battista},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {554},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/pagani-giovanni-battista}
}
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