John-Baptist Hackett
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John-Baptist Hackett (alias Hacket, Hacquet, Hecquet) (died 1676) was an Irish Catholic theologian.


Biography

Hackett was born at Fethard, co. Tipperary,
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, and was educated in the Dominican convent at
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, where he became a member of that order. As a
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, he subsequently taught with reputation at
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,
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, and
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. He received the degree of master in
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( STM) from the general chapter of the Dominican order in 1644. His character and erudition, gained him the confidence of eminent dignitaries in
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, and Cardinal Altieri, subsequently
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, is said to have urged his promotion to the cardinalate. Meetings with Hacket at Milan and
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was believed to have influenced Lord Philip Howard, afterwards cardinal, to enter the order of St. Dominic. Hacket passed the greater part of his life at Rome, where his works were published. He died at the
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convent, Rome, on 23 August 1676, and was interred in the convent church, in front of the altar of St. Dominic.


Bibliography

* ''Controversorium Theologicum'',
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, 1654. * ''Synopsis Theologica, 4to, 1659. * ''Synopsis Philosophiæ'', 12mo, 1662.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hackett, John-Baptist Irish expatriates in Italy Year of birth unknown 1676 deaths People from Fethard, County Tipperary 17th-century Irish Roman Catholic theologians Irish Dominicans 17th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Christian clergy from County Tipperary