SA (Sá, Saa), Manoel da. - Portuguese theologian, b. at Villa do Conde in 1530, d. at Arona in the odour of sanctity in 1596. A Jesuit from 1546, he distinguished himself in moral theology and in exegesis at the Roman College from 1557 onward. He was also a great preacher, including at the papal court and in several cities of Italy.

Among his works: Aphorismi Confessariorum ex Doctorum sententiis collecti (Venice 1595 ff.). The fruit of 40 years of work, it is a classic treatise. Since S. defended confession by letter, the book was placed on the Index in 1603, donec corrigatur. Once these corrections were made, in 1608, the work went through many editions. His exegetical works explain the literal sense with clarity, precision and brevity, somewhat in the manner of a "key" to the more difficult passages: Scholia in quatuor Evangelia (Antwerp 1596 ff.); Notationes in totam S. Scripturam (ibid. 1598 ff.).

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BIBL.: Sommervogel, VI, coll. 349-53; Hurter, III (1907), coll. 222-23; A. Perez Goyena, in Estudios eclesiásticos, 5 (1926), pp. 251-55; H. Bernard, in Arch. hist. S. J., 5 (1926), p. 296 ff.

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