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THE SPIRIT

OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION

OF THE ORDERS

of Saint Thomas

OF VILLANOVA

Saint Thomas of Villanova (1488–1555) was a Spanish Augustinian friar and Archbishop of Valencia, renowned for his extreme charity to the poor and his writings on spiritual life. "The Orders" likely refers to the religious congregations founded under his patronage or following his reforms.

NEW EDITION

AT PARIS

1768 original: "M. DCC. LXVIII"

WITH PRIVILEGE AND APPROBATION

A Privilege was a legal grant from the King providing exclusive rights to publish a work, while Approbation indicated the text had been reviewed and approved by religious authorities.