Lima Jesuit

Fr. Juan Perez de Menacho, S.J.

Peruvian clergyman, b. in Lima in 1565 ; d. there, 20 Jan., 1626. He studied in the University of Lima, was graduated in Latin and philosophy in 1582, and entered the Jesuit order.

He was graduated as doctor in theology at the University of San Marcos in 1601, and obtained the chair of theology, which he held during twenty-seven years, gaining a wide reputation. During the earthquake that occurred in Lima in 1609 he suffered a fall, the results of which obliged him to keep his bed for sixteen years. During this long period, and notwithstanding his sufferings, he wrote many of his works.

These are now in the library at Lima, and include "Summa theologian Sancti Thomas" (6 vols.); "Theologiipo moralis tractatus" (2 vols.); "Tractatus precepti ecclesin>e"; " Privilejios de la Compañía de Jesús" (2 vols.); "Privilejios de los indios"; "El Decálogo "; " Consciencia errónea"; and " Vida, virtudes y revelaciones de Santa Rosa."

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More in the original Spanish (here) some translations into English (here)