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Paul, Simone of

SIMONE DI SAN PAOLO

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Also known as: Italian: Paolo Franciosi, Simone di S. Paolo, Simone da San Paolo

PAUL, Simone of. - Discalced Carmelite, in the world Paolo Franciosi, b. at Volterra on 5 Sept. 1572, d. at Milan on 6 Sept. 1622. He carried out his activity in Rome and in Lombardy, everywhere venerated and sought after for his holiness and for his eminent gifts as a spiritual director.

He left many ascetical opuscules in manuscript, published in part together with his great work Riforma dell'uomo, published posthumously at Como in 2 vols. in 1662 and immediately translated into French. A vigorous writer, he united in himself theological depth and sound practical realism, and with his work, published in Italy some ten times up to the early eighteenth century, he contributed not a little to the flourishing of true Christian piety, in times that were sad even for spirituality.

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BIBL.: Filippo della S.ma Trinità, Decor Carmeli, III, Lyon 1665, pp. 47-49; Enrico del S.mo Sacramento, Collectio Script. O. C. D., II, Savona 1884, pp. 139-41.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 638.

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Valentino di Maria. “Simone di San Paolo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 638. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/simone-di-san-paolo.

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Valentino di Maria. “Simone di San Paolo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 638. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/simone-di-san-paolo.

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  author    = {Valentino di Maria},
  title     = {Simone di San Paolo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {638},
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  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/simone-di-san-paolo}
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