ACQUAVIVA, Rodolfo. Atri, Abruzzi 2.10.1550 — Cocalin (Cuncolim), Goa 15.7.1583. S.J. Italian Missionary in India. Of high birth: nephew of a Jesuit general, brother of two future cardinals, son of Giangirolamo Acquaviva d’Aragona, the Duke of Atri, and Margherita Pio di Savoia. Joined S.J. 1568, educated in Rome. Selected to…
ABS, Josef Maria. Öspel, Saarland 20.1.1889 — 19??. German Catholic Priest, Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Son of Friedrich Abs and Maria Kessler. From 1897 member of the Capuchin order and attended its school in Tyrol. Then missionary in India, in 1914 appointed to a Professorship in Calcutta, but soon…
AA, Jean Baptiste van der. Brussels 11.6.1843 — 1900?. S.J. Flemish Jesuit Father, Missionary in Sri Lanka. Educated at Collège Saint-Michel, entered S.J. when 17. Ordained priest in 1875, taught philosophy at Louvain (Leuven). In 1895 he went to Sri Lanka and worked as teacher at the Papal Seminarium in…