SALES, MARCO. – Theologian and exegete, born at Sommariva Bosco (Turin) on 2 October 1877, died there on 7 June 1936. In 1892 he entered the Dominican Order; he was ordained a priest in 1900.
From 1909 to 1911 he taught theology at the Collegio Angelicum in Rome and from 1912 to 1925 at the Faculty of Theology of Fribourg. Appointed Master of the Apostolic Palace (22 October 1925), he continued his effective priestly and teaching ministry, especially through The Holy Bible with Commentary, of which he published the New Testament (2 vols., Turin 1912–14) and a large part of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, ibid. 1919; Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, ibid. 1934; Kings, Paralipomena, ibid. 1924; Ezra, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Job, ibid. 1933; Psalms, ibid. 1934).
S. presents a revision of the Martini version (v.), based on the Vulgate, together with a commentary rich in information and inspired by conservative principles. His work was continued by G. Girotti, who published The Wisdom Books (1938) and Isaiah (1944). Angelo Penna