Luigi Mozzi (26 May 1746 at

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– 24 June 1813 near

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) was an Italian

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controversialist.

Life

He entered the

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in 1763, and on its suppression was received into the

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and examiner of candidates for the priesthood. The zeal with which he opposed the progress of

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in Italy gained him a reputation, and

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called him to Rome, where he became an Apostolic missionary. He was elected a member of the

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. In 1804 he rejoined the Society, which had been restored in

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. He retired to the residence of Marquis Scotti near Milan, where he died.

Works

Among his important writings are: *"Vera idea del Giansenismo" (1781) *"Storia compendiosa dello scisma della nuova chiesa d'Utrecht" (Ferrara, 1785) *"Storia delle revoluzioni della Chiesa d'Utrecht" (Venice, 1787) *"Compendio storico-cronologico...sopra il Baianismo, Giansenismo e Quesnellismo" (Foligno, 1792), all against Jansenism; *"Il falso discepolo di S. Agostino e di S. Tommaso" (Venice, 1779), a defence of

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. He translated from the English Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel's "Fifty Reasons for preferring the Roman Catholic Religion" (Bassano, 1789); and from the French, "Les projets des incredules pour la ruine de la religion, dévoilés dans les oeuvres de Frédéric, roi de Prusse" (Assisi, 1791).

References

* Hugo von Hurter,'' Nomenclator'', III, 540 *''Vita del P.L. Mozzi'' (Novara, 1823). {{DEFAULTSORT:Mozzi, Luigi 1746 births 1813 deaths 18th-century Italian Jesuits Clergy from Bergamo