Agricola, Ignatius

Agricola, Ignatius a Jesuit, was born at Zusamaltheim, in the bishopric of Augsburg, July 31, 1661. In 1677 he entered the Society of Jesus, was for a long time professor at the Jesuit gymnasium at Munich, and died January 23, 1729. He wrote Historia Provincial Societatis Jesu Germanaie Superioris (Augsburg, 172729, 2 volumes), reaching down to 1600, and continued to 1640 by Flott and Khopf. See Baader, Gelehrtes Bayern; Sattler, Geschichte der marianischenz Congregation inz Bayern, 1864, page 279; Schlosser, in Welte u. Welte's Kirchen-lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)