Luca Pinelli


Luca Pinelli was an Italian jesuit and theologian.

Life

Born at Melfi, Basilicata, to a family from the Republic of Genoa, in 1562 he entered the Society of Jesus, where he taught theology and philosophy. Subsequently, he was sent to Germany and France to combat Protestantism, teaching theology at the universities of Ingolstadt and Pont-a-Mousson. Under his influence, the two universities adopted Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas as a textbook.
Returned in Italy, Pinelli became rector at the colleges of Florence, Perugia and Palermo, where he composed most of his ascetical writings. Then he moved to Naples, where he died in 1607.

Works