- Pietro Alagona
Pietro Alagona (1549 –
19 October ,1624 ), was aCatholic theologian .Alagona was born in Syracuse. He entered the
Society of Jesus in 1564, taughtphilosophy and theology, and was Rector of Trapani. He died inRome .His first works were published under the family name of his mother, Givarra. Later on he used his own name, Alagona, and is best known for his Compendium of the works of
Martin Aspilcueta , who was a doctor of theology inNavarre . This Martin Aspilcueta was the uncle ofSt. Francis Xavier . The "Enchiridion, seu Manuale Confessariorum", which was compiled by Alagona, went through at least twenty-three editions. A translation of it into French by Legard, was condemned by the Parliament ofRouen , 12 February, 1762. He also published a compendium of the "Summa", which ran through twenty-five editions, and a compendium of the whole of Canon Law in two volumes, quarto. In the Jesuit College ofPalermo there is also found a treatise by Alagona onLogic andPhysics .References
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