Canobio, Evangelista

Canobio, Evangelista, an Italian theologian, was born at Milan. He was a Capuchin friar, and became one of the most able canonists of his time. He, was. appointed, in: 1564, general of his order. He took a distinguished part in the Council. of Trent in 1542. He died at Perugia in 1595, leaving Consulta Varia in Jure Czanonico (Milan, 1591): — Annotationes in Libros Decretalium, etc. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. V.