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Louis of Granada, the Glossary

Louis of Granada (1504 – 31 December 1588), was a Dominican friar who was noted as theologian, writer and preacher.^[1]

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16th-century Spanish Roman Catholic priests
Dominican mystics
Spanish spiritual writers

Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

Asceticism

Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.

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Barnabites

The Barnabites (Barnabitum), officially named as the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Clerici Regulares Sancti Pauli.), are a religious order of clerics regular founded in 1530 in the Catholic Church.

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Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name.

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Breviary

A breviary (Latin: breviarium) is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.

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Catholic Answers

Catholic Answers is a Catholic advocacy group based in El Cajon, California.

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Charles Borromeo

Charles Borromeo (Carlo Borromeo; Carolus Borromeus; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was the Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584 and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Colegio de San Gregorio

The Colegio de San Gregorio is an Isabelline style building located in the city of Valladolid, in Castile and León, Spain, it was formerly a college and now is housing the Museo Nacional de Escultura museum.

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Confessor

In a number of Christian traditions, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution.

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Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.

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Francis de Sales

Francis de Sales, C.O., O.M. (François de Sales; Francesco di Sales; 21 August 156728 December 1622) was a Savoyard Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Geneva and is a saint of the Catholic Church.

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Friar

A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Granada

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

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Henry, King of Portugal

Henry (Henrique; 31 January 1512 – 31 January 1580), dubbed the Chaste (o Casto) and the Cardinal-King (o Cardeal-Rei), was king of Portugal and an inquisitor and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who ruled Portugal between 1578 and 1580.

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Holy See

The Holy See (url-status,; Santa Sede), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome.

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Humanism

Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Louise de Marillac

Louise de Marillac, also known as Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity.

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Luis de León

Luis de León (Belmonte, Cuenca, 1527 – Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile, Spain, 23 August 1591), was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic. Louis of Granada and Luis de León are 16th-century Spanish Roman Catholic priests.

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Pierre de Bérulle

Pierre de Bérulle (4 February 1575 – 2 October 1629) was a French Catholic priest, cardinal and statesman in 17th-century France.

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Pope Sixtus V

Pope Sixtus V (Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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Provincial superior

A provincial superior is an officer of a religious institute (including religious orders) acting under the institute's Superior General.

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Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga

The Archdiocese of Braga (Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Viseu

The Diocese of Viseu (Dioecesis Visensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Portugal.

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Rose of Lima

Rose of Lima, TOSD (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts. Louis of Granada and Rose of Lima are Dominican mystics.

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Servant of God

Servant of God is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Teresa of Ávila

Teresa of Ávila, OCD (Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 15154 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Louis of Granada and Teresa of Ávila are 16th-century Christian mystics and Spanish spiritual writers.

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The Imitation of Christ

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis, is a Christian devotional book first composed in Medieval Latin as (1418–1427).

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The Venerable

The Venerable is a style, title, or epithet used in some Christian churches.

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Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis, CRV (– 25 July 1471; Thomas von Kempen; Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, published anonymously in Latin in the Netherlands –1427, one of the most popular and best known Christian devotional books.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_of_Granada

Also known as Fray Luis de Granada, Louis Granada, Louis of Granada, Venerable, Ludovicus Granatensis, Luis Granada, Luís de Granada, Luis de Sarria, Luys de Granada, Venerable Louis of Granada.

Louis of Granada, the Glossary

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See also

16th-century Spanish Roman Catholic priests

Dominican mystics

Spanish spiritual writers

References