PALMA, BIAGIO. - Barnabite spiritual writer, b. at Fara Sabina in 1577 and d. on 13 Jan. 1635 at the Roman College of S. Carlo ai Catinari.
Among the various spiritual opuscules he published, the following had wide circulation: Atti virtuosi interni dell'anima cristiana (Rome 1616), which, because of the unction that pervades them and the very great number of editions made of them (now anonymous and now under another title, such as Palma spirituale, Thesaurus), were compared to the Imitation of Christ or to the Philothea of St. Francis de Sales; Core sacrato a Giesù (ibid. 1626), composed of 20 engravings in the shape of a heart with at the foot a a short commentary in verse in the form of a dialogue between God and the soul; Esercizi e meditazioni per l'Avvento (ibid. 1625) and for Lent (Macerata 1628); the Vita di s. Francesca Romana (Rome 1626); the Regole and a small Trattato for the pious "Congregazione dell'Umiltà di S. Carlo" founded by him in Rome for the care of the sick in hospitals. A manuscript of his in which he recounted the providential intervention of the Blessed Virgin through his agency in the continuation of the building of the church of S. Carlo ai Catinari inspired his confrere Father Maffetti to begin (1732) the cult of the Madonna under the title of "Mater Divinae Providentiae". Among the manuscripts is an important Diario of the servant of God Sister Maria Vittoria Angelini, a famous Roman mystic of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary, a disciple of the Barnabites and buried in their church of S. Carlo ai Catinari.
Bibliography3 worksL. Cacciari, Memorie di S. Carlo ai Catinari, Rome 1861, p. 6 ff.; G. Boffito, Scrittori Barnabiti, III, Florence 1934, pp. 93-97; L. Levati
BIBL.: L. Cacciari, Memorie di S. Carlo ai Catinari, Rome 1861, p. 6 ff.; G. Boffito, Scrittori Barnabiti, III, Florence 1934, pp. 93-97; L. Levati, Menologio dei Barnabiti, I, Genoa 1933, pp. 158-61.
Colciago, Virginio Maria. “Palma, biagio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, coll. 650–651. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/palma-biagio.
MLA
Colciago, Virginio Maria. “Palma, biagio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 650–651. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/palma-biagio.
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@incollection{ec9_palma_biagio,
author = {Colciago, Virginio Maria},
title = {Palma, biagio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {650--651},
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/palma-biagio}
}
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