Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Asceticism & mysticism Ascetics, mystics, writers

Rogacci, Benedetto

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Also known as: Latin: Benedictus Rogacci

ROGACCI, BENEDETTO. - Jesuit man of letters and ascetical writer, b. 18 March 1646 at Ragusa (Dalmatia), d. at Rome on 8 Feb. 1719.

Having entered the Order in 1661, he was from 1677 to 1679 secretary of the general Oliva. At that time he composed the short poem De terrae motu, quo Epidauros in Dalmatia anno 1667 prostrata est, dedicated to Cosimo II of Tuscany; from 1679 to 1692 he was master of rhetoric at the novitiate of S. Andrea in Rome, and thereafter preacher of the spiritual exercises. An eminent ascetical writer, he composed several short works that brought him fame: Euthimia o della tranquillità dell'anima (Rome 1690); he translated into Latin the Vita del ven. Francesco Suárez (1694); Dell'Uno necessario, cioè del vivere puramente per Dio (Rome 1697 and 1708); Il Cristiano raggiunto nei concetti e costumi (ibid. 1711).

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BIBL.: G. Volpi, Breve raggnaglio della vita del P. B. R., Venice 1725; G. Rosan, Vita del P. B. R., Padua 1931.

Arnaldo M. Lanz

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1084.

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Lanz, Arnaldo Maria. “Rogacci, benedetto.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1084. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/rogacci-benedetto.

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Lanz, Arnaldo Maria. “Rogacci, benedetto.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1084. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/rogacci-benedetto.

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  author    = {Lanz, Arnaldo Maria},
  title     = {Rogacci, benedetto},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
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  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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