PASSERINI, PIETRO. - Dominican canonist, b. at Sestola (Modena) on 18 June 1597, d. at Rome on 21 June 1677. A religious at Cremona (1612), he studied at Bologna and taught at Cremona, where he was prior (1640-42). A companion of the master general T. Turco, he accompanied him on his journeys through Italy, France, Belgium and Spain (1645-49); he was then inquisitor at Bologna (1650-51) and finally procurator general of the Order (1651-77), vicar general (1669-70) and professor at the Sapienza (1655-77). Buried at S. Sabina.

A distinguished canonist, esteemed by the pontiffs, venerated and consulted by cardinals and bishops, he wrote: De electione canonica (Rome 1661, Cologne 1693); De hominum statibus et officiis (3 vols., Rome 1663-65, Lucca 1732); Commentaria in I-V libros sexti Decretalium (3 vols., Rome 1667-73); Regulare tribunal (ibid. 1677). Among his theological works mention should be made of: Commentaria theologica in III partem D. Thomae (3 vols., ibid. 1669).

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BIBL.: P. Domaneschi, De rebus cenobii Cremonensis O. P. Cremona 1767, pp. 304-13; A. Mortier, Histoire des maîtres généraux de l'Ordre des Prères Prêcheurs, VII, Paris 1914, passim; I. Taurisano, Hierarchia Ord. Praed., Rome 1916, p. 105; B. Ricci, Un grande teologo e canonista domenicano del sec. XVII, in Memorie domenicane, 40 (1923), pp. 165-82, 346-44. Alfonso D'Amato

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