Ignatius of Jesus
Father Ignatius of Jesus | |
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Ignàzio di Gesù | |
| Born | 1596 |
| Died | 21 February 1667 |
| Occupation(s) | Friar and missionary |
| Years active | 1629–1664 |
| Known for | Writings on Mandaeism and the Persian language |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Ordained | 27 February 1623 |
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Ignatius of Jesus (Italian: Ignàzio di Gesù, born Carlo Leonelli; 1596, Sorbolongo, Pesaro – 21 February 1667, Rome) was an Italian Roman Catholic friar of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites who served as a missionary in Persia, Basra, and Lebanon for 35 years. He is best known for writing the first Western scholarly work on Mandaeism, Narratio originis, rituum, & errorum christianorum Sancti Ioannis ("Narration of the Origin, the Rituals, and the Errors of the Christians of St. John") (1652).