Compendio della vita di s. Francesco Saverio della Compagnia di Gesù tratto dalla vita scrittane dal p. Giuseppe Massei

1793 Francis Xavier JESUIT Missionary Miracles ART Catholic Italian Massei RARE

Saint Francis Xavier was a 16th-century monastic, known for his miracles and most notably the patron saint of missionaries and founder of the Jesuit Order. Xavier is often portrayed in art performing one of his many miracles, most of which are miracles of healing. At the end of the 17th-century, Giuseppe Massei published an account of the life of Francis Xavier – a work which describes the state of Catholicism in Rome in the mid-1500s as well as providing details on the miracles of Xavier.

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MASSEI, Giuseppe

Compendio della vita di s. Francesco Saverio della Compagnia di Gesù tratto dalla vita scrittane dal p. Giuseppe Massei

Roma : Per Michele Puccinelli a Tor Sanguigna : A spese di Niccola d'Antonj stampatore di rami presso S. Ignazio, 1793.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o VIII, 104; 16

o 25 plates

· Provenance: Handwritten

o Ettore Sbardella

o Ersilia Sbardella

· Language: Italian

· Binding: Leather; secure

· Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20.5cm x 14cm)

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