Agostino Recuperati
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Agostino Recuperati (died 1540) was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1539 to 1540.
Biography
[edit]The Dominicans elected Recuperati Master of the Order of Preachers at a chapter held in 1539.[1] As master, he attempted to reform the Province of Portugal by sending in Spanish regulars but was largely unsuccessful.[1] He attempted to reform the Dominican convent at Genoa, but his methods earned him the rebuke of Pope Paul III.[1] His mastership saw the final suppression of the order in the Kingdom of England (where the order had been isolated by Henry VIII since 1523); six of 54 convents defected to Protestantism while the rest fled to exile on the continent.[1]
He died in 1540.[1] St. Catherine of Ricci later reportedly saw him in hell in a vision.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Benedict M. Ashley, The Dominicans, ch. 5 Archived 2011-04-03 at the Wayback Machine