Balthazar Francolini

Male, Deceased Person

1650 – 1709

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Who was Balthazar Francolini?

Balthazar Francolini was a Jesuit theologian. He was born in Fermo and became a professor at the Gregorian University in Rome. He was an attritionist, holding that imperfect contrition was sufficient to receive the sacrament. He opposed the more rigorous heresy of Jansenism, writing Clericus Romanus Contra Nimium Rigorismum Munitus in 1707.

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Born
1650
Died
1709

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on July 23, 2013

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