TOLEDO, FRANCISCO DE.

D. Francisci Toleti e Societate Iesu, S.R.E. presb. cardinalis tit. S. Mariae Transpuntinae. In epistol. B. Pauli Apostoli ad Romanos commentarii et annotationes.

Moguntiae (Mainz), Balthasarum Lippium, 1603.

4to ( 250 x 195 mm). In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Traces from old paper-label to upper part of spine. Light wear to extremities. A few leaves, including the title-page with repairs in upper margin, otherwise a nice copy. (8), 782, (14) pp.

Second edition of Toledo’s commentary and annotations on Paul letters to the Romans.

“Toletus was born in Spain into a family of humble origins, probably of Jewish or Moorish descent. He studied philosophy at Zaragoza or Valencia and theology at Salamanca. His professor of theology, Domingo De Soto, characterized him as an intellectual prodigy, and, indeed, by age fifteen Toletus held a chair in philosophy (Campbell 1921, 112–13). He entered the Jesuit order in 1558 and taught at the prestigious Collegio Romano in Rome, where future Jesuit teachers were trained. From 1559 to 1562 he taught philosophy there, and from 1562 to 1569, theology. From 1571 onward he was sent on various diplomatic missions, including one in 1596 to convert Henry IV of France (Schmitt and Skinner 1988, 838). Toletus became the first Jesuit cardinal in 1593 (Van Ackeren 2003, 102). His accomplishments were both political and intellectual. In 1595 he persuaded Pope Clement to grant Henry IV absolution, which established peace in France (Campbell 1921, 113).” (Hattab, Toletus, Franciscus (Francisco de Toledo) (1532–1596))

Order-nr.: 61452