López, Ludovico

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LÓPEZ, LUDOVICO

Dominican moral and pastoral theologian; place and date of birth unknown; d. Spain, Sept. 27, 1595. He received the Dominican habit and was professed at Atocha, Madrid. Lopez taught theology for many years in Spain and then in the Province of St. Antoninus, Colombia. The encomenderos (plantation owners) persecuted him for championing the rights of the Indians. Apparently he died in Spain while pleading their cause at the court. His principle works are: Tractatus de contractibus et negotiationibus sive Instructorium negotiantium (1592) and Instructorium conscientiae (1585).

Bibliography: j. quÉtif and j. Échard, Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum (New York 1959) 2.1:316. m. d. chenu, Dictionnaire de théologie catholique, ed. a. vacant et al. (Paris 190350) 9.1:934.

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