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Rossi, Giacomo Tommaso de, 1701-1774

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1701 - 1774

Biographical note

Italian Jesuit missionary active in Sarugani, Tamil Nadu, India from about 1736 to 1774.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Exercises de Saint Ignace en tamoul: sur feuilles de palm: deux tronc̀§ons de la nervure du milieu de la feuille forment la...: manuscript

 Collection
Scope and Contents

An eight-day devotional on the Exercitia Spiritualia of Saint Ignatius, including an introduction to the Exercises, and sermons. Richard V. De Smet posits that this may be the same text published anonymously in 1864 at Pondicherry under the title Arch Ignaciar Gnana Tiananghel. See de Smet, R. (1991). The Exercises in India: An Early Ignatian Revival. Ignis, 20(4), 191-196. The text is incised on palm leaves and bound with string in wooden boards.

Restrictions on access

Collection open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: probably between 1736 and 1774