Balsamo (or Balsamone), Ignacio (2)

Balsamo (Or Balsamone), Ignacio (2), an Italian Jesuit, was born in Pouill in 1543. He served the interests of his order for thirty-five years, and his superiors employed him in many important missions. He died Oct. 2, 1618. He wrote in Italian Instruction upon Religious Pefection and upon the True Method of Praying and Meditating (Cologne, 1611). This work was translated into Latin. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

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