- Luigi Mozzi
Luigi Mozzi (born at
Bergamo 26 May 1746 ; died nearMilan 24 June 1813 ) was an ItalianJesuit controversialist.Life
He entered the
Society of Jesus in 1763, and on its suppression was received into theDiocese of Bergamo , where he was shortly made a canon, and appointedarchpriest and examiner of candidates for the priesthood. The zeal with which he opposed the progress ofJansenism in Italy gained him a reputation, andPope Pius VI called him to Rome, where he became anApostolic missionary .He was elected a member of the
Accademia degli Arcadi . In 1804 he rejoined the Society, which had been restored inNaples . He retired to the residence ofMarquis Scotti near Milan, where he died.Works
Among his important writings are:
*"Vera idea del Giansenismo" (1781)
*"Storia compendiosa della scisma della nuova chiesa d'Utrecht" (Ferrara, 1785)
*"Storia delle revoluzioni della Chiesa d'Utrecht" (Venice, 1787)
*"Compendio storico-cronologico...sopra il Baianismo, Giansenismo e Quesnellismo" (Foligno, 1792),all against Jansenism;
*"Il falso discepolo di S. Agostino e di S. Tommaso" (Venice, 1779), a defence of
Molinism .He translated from the English
Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 's "Fifty Reasons for preferring the Roman Catholic Religion" (Bassano, 1789); and from the French, "Les projets des incredules pour la ruine de la religion, dévoilés dans les oeuvres de Frédéric, roi de Prusse" (Assisi, 1791).References
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Hugo von Hurter ," Nomenclator", III, 540
*"Vita del P.L. Mozzi" (Novara, 1823).
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