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Juan de Albi
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(Also, Alba). A Spanish Carthusian of the Convent Val-Christ, near Segovia, date of birth uncertain; died 27 December, 1591. He was familiar with the Oriental languages, especially Hebrew, and had the reputation of being a skilled commentator. His work is: “Sacrarum semioseon, animadversionum et electorum ex utriusque Testamenti lectione commentarius et centuria” (Valencia, 1610); it was re-edited in Venice, 1613, under the title “Selectæ Annotiones in varia utriusque Testamenti loca difficiliora.”
Source Record
- Author
- Maas, Anthony
- Publication
- The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1907.
- Nihil Obstat
- Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.
- Imprimatur
- Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.