SALISTRI, GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO. - Piarist, b. in Florence on 4 March 1654, d. in Rome on 10 Dec. 1717. To a vast philosophical, theological and above all ascetic culture he joined the virtues proper to a saint.

Called to Rome while still young, he was the founder and organizer of the famous Apostolic Hospice of S. Michele a Ripa, desired by Pope Innocent XI, Odescalchi, to whom the S. was very dear. Appointed visitor of the houses of the Order in Poland, he made a most arduous journey: on that occasion he wrote and published in Warsaw the little volume Theopistus to defend himself against the accusations of Molinism brought against him in his absence before the Roman Curia. Fully vindicated, on his return he received more offices, and above all that of general of the Pious Schools, with which Clement XI honored him in 1706. His government was one of the most exemplary. Having completed the six-year term, he retired to his beloved Apostolic Hospice. He published many erudite works and works of an ascetic and mystical character.

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BIBL.: G. Jericò, Memorie storiche intorno ai venerabili delle Scuole Pie (versione dallo spagnolo), Genoa 1846, pp. 293-370; G. Font, in Bollettino bibliografico scolopico, Rome 1956, pp. 10-11.

Leodegario Picanyol

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Salistri, Giovanni Crisostomo

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