Alfonso Salmeron

Alfonso Salmeron ( born September 8, 1515 Toledo, † February 13, 1585 in Naples) was a Spanish Jesuit, preacher and theologian in the Renaissance.

Life

Salmerón was born in Toledo. He studied at the University of Alcalá, where he learned Latin and Greek and was befriended by Diego Lainez. Salmerón and Laínez went together in 1532 for further study in Paris, where they met Ignatius of Loyola. Salmerón and Laínez were accompanied by him in the thirty -day Spiritual Exercises. Together with four other companions, Peter Faber, Francis Xavier, Alfonso Rodrigues and Nicolás Bobadilla were the three later the core group of the Jesuit Order. On August 15th 1534 they laid on Montmartre from the vows of poverty, chastity, and the common pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Since the trip to Jerusalem was not always possible, in addition, an alternative vows laid the seven companions from: should prove impracticable, to travel to the Holy Land, the men would ask the pope available. 1536 brought three newly added companions, Jean Codure, Paschase bread rolls and Claude Jay, to Venice on. In fact, this year went no ship to Jerusalem, so that they were representations to the pope and extensive privileges received, to receive, among other things, " the title of the poverty and sufficient erudition " Holy Orders. So they were ordained to the priesthood in 1537, Salmerón little later than the others, because he had not yet reached the canonical age required.

Salmeróns mission as a Jesuit led him through several countries in Europe: as a preacher, he was especially in many cities in Italy, 1541/42 as apostolic nuncio Paul III. along with bread rolls in Ireland and Scotland, as papal theologian at the Council of Trent, a professor of Sacred Scripture at the University of Ingolstadt, eventually as superior in Naples, where he in 1551 a Jesuit college founded. 1561/62 he was Vicar General of the Jesuit Order. His apostolic life of wandering brought long time few written records shows; However, when he was grown old and had various health problems (including no more teeth and a recurrent fever), he wrote in Naples a twenty -volume commentary on the entire New Testament. Salmeróns exegetical work shows a profound knowledge of the Scriptures, not only in the canonical version of the Latin Vulgate, but also in Greek, Hebrew and even Syriac. At length he cites many works of the Fathers of the Church, of which he had full knowledge. An equally comprehensive classical education, the Salmerón enabled since his first years of study in Alcalá to cite authors by heart due to his phenomenal memory, it also has as a humanist.

• Jesuit
• Roman Catholic theologian (16th century)
• Spaniard
• Born in 1515
• Died in 1585
• Man