ROGACCI, BENEDETTO. — Jesuit literary man and ascetical writer, born 18 March 1646 at Ragusa (Dalmatia), died in Rome 8 February 1719.
He entered the Society in 1661 and from 1677 to 1679 served as secretary to the General Oliva. During this period he composed the short poem De terra motu, quo Epidaurus in Dalmatia anno 1667 prostrata est, dedicated to Cosimo II of Tuscany. From 1679 to 1692 he was professor of rhetoric at the novitiate of S. Andrea in Rome and subsequently preacher of spiritual exercises. A distinguished ascetical writer, he produced several works that brought him fame: Euthimia o della tranquillità dell'anima (Rome 1690); he translated into Latin the Life of the Venerable Francis Suárez (1694); Dell'Uno necessario, cioè del vivere puramente per Dio (Rome 1697 and 1708); Il Cristiano raggiunto nei concetti e costumi (ibid. 1711).