Pedro de Calatayud
Pedro de Calatayud was a Spanish preacher and writer of the Jesuit order.
Biography
Pedro de Calatayud studied in Pamplona and at the universities of Alcalá and Salamanca. He taught rhetoric and philosophy at the Jesuit College of San Pedro y San Pablo (Medina [del Campo)|college] in Medina del Campo and Sacred Scripture at the University of Valladolid. Beginning in 1733, he traveled extensively across Spain on missions, promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.Regarding the technique used in his mission sermons, Calatayud explained:
In his old age, at 77, he was forced to leave Spain due to the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767.
Pedro de Calatayud was a prolific writer, with 39 published works and hundreds of manuscripts, many of which were sermons where he frequently reproduced texts from other authors.
He received praise from José Petisco and Benito Jerónimo Feijoo.
Works
Incendios de Amor Sagrado, y respiración amorosa de las almas devotas con el Corazón de Jesús su enamorado Gemidos del corazón contrito y humillado Juicio de los sacerdotes: doctrina práctica y anatomía de las conciencias Cathecismo práctico para la instrucción de los fieles y uso alivio de párrocos y sacerdotes Resumen de la vida y costumbres de el Excmo. Sr. Duque de Granada de Ega, Conde de Xavier, Marqués de Cortes, etc. Sobre Sagradas Escrituras, Sentencias varias Missiones y sermones del P. Pedro Calatayud Compendio doctrinal muy útil para explicar y saber la doctrina christiana- ''Opúsculos y doctrinas prácticas del P. Pedro de Calatayud''