Francesco Piccolomini (Jesuit)

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Very Rev. Francesco Piccolomini, S.J. (12 October 1582 – 17 June 1651) was an Italian Jesuit, elected the 8th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus.

After Vincenzo Carafa, the 7th Superior General of the Order, died on 8 February 1649, a General Congregation made of representatives of the various Jesuit provinces, met on 21 December of the same year and chose Piccolomini as his successor. He died after eighteen months in office.

Before his election as General he had been professor of philosophy at the Roman College; he died at the age of sixty-nine, having passed fifty-three years in the Society.

Preceded by Vincenzo Caraffa	Superior General of the Society of Jesus 1649 – 1651	Succeeded by Aloisius Gottifredi

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 28016424 LCCN: nr96045042 ISNI: 0000 0000 6300 1482 GND: 124886000 SUDOC: 114620695

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