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Soto, Francisco

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Also known as: Italian: Francesco Soto

SOTO, FRANCISCO. - Oratorian, b. at Osma (Spain) in 1536, d. at Rome in 1619.

Having come to Rome, he demonstrated his marked musical qualities and was engaged as a soprano of the Pontifical Chapel in 1562. Frequenting the Oratory of St. Jerome, he asked to enter the nascent Congregation of the Oratory and was admitted there in 1571; in 1575 he became a priest. Profoundly pious, he devoted himself to spiritual direction, founded the first convent of reformed Carmelite nuns and a girls' orphanage. Master of the Sistine [Chapel], he was much esteemed for his musical activity. He published the third book of the Laudi spirituali for three and four voices (1588); subsequently he published a fourth, besides minor compositions. Together with Animuccia, he was the initiator of the musical tradition of the Filippine Oratory of Rome.

Carlo Gasbarri

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1004.

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Gasbarri, Carlo. “Soto, francisco.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1004. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/soto-francisco.

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Gasbarri, Carlo. “Soto, francisco.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1004. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/soto-francisco.

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  author    = {Gasbarri, Carlo},
  title     = {Soto, francisco},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1004},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/soto-francisco}
}

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