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Southwell (Bacon), Nathaniel

SOUTHWELL (BACON), NATHANAEL

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SOUTHWELL (BACON), NATHANIEL. - Jesuit writer and bibliographer, b. in Norfolk in 1598, d. in Rome on 2 Dec. 1676.

From 1617 to 1622 he was a student at the English College in Rome, where he changed his original surname Bacon to S. After two years of missionary activity in his homeland, in 1624 he entered the Society of Jesus; having returned to Rome, he was minister at the English College (1627). For almost twenty years he was secretary to five generals of the Order: Carafa, Piccolomini, Gottifredi, Nickel and Oliva (1649-67), until he was charged with the edition and continuation of the Bibliotheca Scriptorum Soc. Jesu, begun by Fathers Ribadeneira and Alegambe, which he carried down to the year 1675. A book of meditations for every day of the year also survives from him.

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BIBL.: Sommervogel, VII, coll. 1408-1409.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), coll. 1007–1008.

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Arnaldo M. Lana. “Southwell (Bacon), nathanael.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 1007–1008. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/southwell-bacon-nathanael.

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Arnaldo M. Lana. “Southwell (Bacon), nathanael.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1007–1008. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/southwell-bacon-nathanael.

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  author    = {Arnaldo M. Lana},
  title     = {Southwell (Bacon), nathanael},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1007--1008},
  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/southwell-bacon-nathanael}
}

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