Giovanni Battista de Marinis
Giovanni Battista de Marinis (died 1669) was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1650 to 1669.
Early Biography
Giovanni Battista de Marinis came from a noble family from Genoa.[1]
Career
Marinis was appointed lector at the College of St. Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome after 1624.[2]
He was elected Master of the Dominican Order at the Chapter of 1650.[1]
By order of Pope Urban VIII, he was not allowed to make any visitations, instead ruling the order by letter.[1] He tried to check the growing number of polemical writings between the Dominicans and the Jesuits.[1]
He died in 1669.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Benedict M. Ashley, The Dominicans, ch. 6
- ↑ http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/de-marini-giovanni-battista_(Dizionario_Biografico)/ Accessed 2 July 2011
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Tommaso Turco |
Master of the Order of Preachers 1650–1669 |
Succeeded by Juan Tomás de Rocaberti |