Benedetto Justiniani (1550 – 19 December 1622) was a Jesuit

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and

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from

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, in what is today

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. Justiniani entered the Jesuit noviciate at Rome in 1579 and later taught rhetoric in the

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, and then theology at

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, and Rome. For more than twenty years, he served as head of the Roman College and regens of the Sacra Poenitentiaria (

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). He also filled the post of Chief Preacher to the

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appointed him theologian to

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, during his legation in

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. Justiniani died at

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in 1622.

Works

Justiniani's writings include: *''In omnes B. Pauli Epistolas explanationes'', 2 vols. *''In omnes Catholicas Epistolas explanationes'' *''Apologia pro libertate ecclesiastica ad Gallo-Francos''

References

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