- Scalimoli
Scalimoli was a
Franciscan monk and Catholic theologian, better known by his religious name, Andrea di Castellana, from his place of origin inApulia , southern Italy.Biography
He entered the Order of the
Conventual Franciscans in the Province of St. Nicholas (Bari), of which he was later appointedprovincial superior . His experience as a missionary in Moldavia,Wallachia andTransylvania (all in presentRomania ), as Prefect Apostolic ofHungary and asvisitor general of the Franciscan missions inRussia led him to the composition of a work which was approved by the general of the order in1642 and is dedicated to Cardinal Barberini, entitled "Missionarius apostolicus a Sacra Congregatione de Propaganda Fide instructus quomodo debeat inter haereticos vivere, pravitates eorum convincere, et in fide catholica proficere per Germaniam, Poloniam, Ungariam, et per omnes partes ubi vigent blasphemiae lutheranae" (loosey translated, Catholic Missoniary Guide for Life and Work to Convert in Germany, Poland, Hungary and Lutherans Elsewhere) (Bologna ,1644 ).ource
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