The Lives of Father Joseph Anchieta, of the Society of Jesus: the Ven. Alvera von Virmundt, Religious of the Order of the Holy S

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Lives of Father Joseph Anchieta, of the Society of Jesus: the Ven. Alvera von Virmundt, Religious of the Order of the Holy S
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sebastiano Berettari
By (author) Caspar Peter Lull
By (author) Nicholas Frizon
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Religion
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreChurch history
Roman Catholicism and Roman Catholic churches
ISBN/Barcode 9781108033763
ClassificationsDewey:282.0922
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 1 Plates, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 November 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book first appeared in 1849, during the renaissance of English Catholicism that followed the 1829 Relief Act. It contains three anonymous translations of early modern biographies. The first, published in Latin in Cologne in 1617 by Sebastiano Berettari (1543-1622), and translated here from an Italian manuscript version of 1670, focuses on the Jesuit missionary to Brazil Joseph Anchieta (1534-97), praising his 'talent and diligence in human affairs' and his 'heroic virtues'. The second, based on Caspar Peter Lull's account published in both Latin and German in 1682, briefly describes the life of the nun Alvera of Virmundt (1617-49) as a model of female piety full of 'virtue and perfection'. The third is devoted to the Belgian Jesuit John Berchmans (1599-1621), remembered as a 'holy young man', and is translated from an 1826 Paris edition of a text published in 1706 by Nicholas Frizon (d. 1737).