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

Soto, Andreas de

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Also known as: Spanish: Andrés de Soto

SOTO, ANDREAS de - Title page of the Contemplación del Crucifixo, Antwerp 1601 - Rome, copy of the National Library.

SOTO, ANDREAS de. - Franciscan theologian, b. at S. Facundo in Castile in 1552 or 1553, d. in the Recollects' Convent at Brussels on 5 April 1625.

He went to the Netherlands as confessor of the Infanta Isabella in 1599, and remained there 26 years. He was guardian of the Convent of Brussels, then superior and commissary general of the Netherlands and Germany. As confessor his influence in the religious field was immense.

S. is above all known as a writer of edifying works, almost all printed in Latin in the Netherlands and translated into French and Flemish.

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BIBL.: S. Dirks, Hist. litt. et bibliographique des Frères Mineurs..., Antwerp 1886, pp. 142-46; Wadding, Scriptores, p. 19; Sbaralea, I, p. 39; Biographie nation. de Belgique, XXIII, pp. 236-242 (with a complete list of the works).

Pietro Grootens

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1002.

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Grootens, Pietro. “Soto, andreas de.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1002. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/soto-andreas-de.

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Grootens, Pietro. “Soto, andreas de.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1002. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/soto-andreas-de.

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  author    = {Grootens, Pietro},
  title     = {Soto, andreas de},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1002},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/soto-andreas-de}
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