Pedro de Calatayud (

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, August 1, 1689 –

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, February 27, 1773) was a Spanish

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and

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of the

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order.

Biography

Pedro de Calatayud studied in Pamplona and at the universities of Alcalá and

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. He taught rhetoric and philosophy at the Jesuit

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and Sacred Scripture at the

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(from 1725 to 1728). Beginning in 1733, he traveled extensively across Spain on missions, promoting devotion to the

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. Regarding the technique used in his mission sermons, Calatayud explained: In his old age, at 77, he was forced to leave Spain due to the

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in 1767. Pedro de Calatayud was a prolific writer, with 39 published works and hundreds of manuscripts (114 or 295, depending on the source), many of which were sermons where he frequently reproduced texts from other authors. He received praise from

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and

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Works

* ''Incendios de Amor Sagrado, y respiración amorosa de las almas devotas con el Corazón de Jesús su enamorado'' (Pamplona, 1735) * ''Gemidos del corazón contrito y humillado'' (Pamplona, 1736) * ''Juicio de los sacerdotes: doctrina práctica y anatomía de las conciencias'' (Pamplona, 1736) * ''Cathecismo práctico para la instrucción de los fieles y uso alivio de párrocos y sacerdotes'' (Pamplona, 1749) * ''Resumen de la vida y costumbres de el Excmo. Sr. Duque de Granada de Ega, Conde de Xavier, Marqués de Cortes, etc.'' (Pamplona, 1757) * ''Sobre Sagradas Escrituras, Sentencias varias'' (Murcia, 1734) * ''Missiones y sermones del P. Pedro Calatayud'' (Madrid, 1754; reproduction of the previous work) * ''Compendio doctrinal muy útil para explicar y saber la doctrina christiana'' (Pamplona, 1731; translation and expansion of a work by

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) * ''Opúsculos y doctrinas prácticas del P. Pedro de Calatayud'' (Logroño, 1754; expansion of previous works)

External links

Works on Google Books
* José Zamora Mendoza
''Unas misiones del Padre Calatayud en Logroño''
1952. * Javier Burrieza Sánchez
''Un catecismo jesuítico en la España de la Ilustración - Pedro de Calatayud y la catequesis de la Compañía de Jesús''
1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calatayud, Pedro de 1689 births 1773 deaths People from Navarre 18th-century Spanish Jesuits Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries 18th-century Spanish writers