Balsamo, Ignacio (1)

Balsamo, Ignacio (1), a Jesuit, native of Messina, died in that place in 1659. He wrote, Lettera di Nostra Signora ella Citta di Messina; Canzone (Messina, 1653): — Martirio de' Santi Placido e Compagni; Canzone e Rime (ibid. eod.).

He must not be confounded with Lorenzo Balsamo, a Sicilian poet, native of Palermo, and the author of the Canzoni Sacre and the Octaves, published in the Muse Siciliane (Palermo, 1653). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.