—–Virginia Maria de (the Lady of
Monza):
birth and parentage, i. 317;
a nun in a convent of the Umiliate, 318;
her seduction by Gianpaolo Osio, 318 sqq.;
birth of her child, 321;
murder of her waiting-woman by Osio, 322;
the intrigue discovered, 323;
attempted murder by Osio of two of her
associates, 324;
Virginia’s punishment and after-life,
329.
LONDON, Bruno’s account of the life of the people
of, ii. 142;
social life in, 143.
LORENTE’S History of the Inquisition, cited,
171 sqq.;
his account of the number of victims of
the Holy Office, i. 181, 183 n.
LORRAINE, Cardinal:
his influence in the Council of Trent,
i. 125 sq.
LO SPAGNOLETTO (Giuseppe Ribera), Italian Realist painter, ii. 363.
LOUISA of Savoy, one of the arrangers of the Paix des Dames, i. 16.
LOUIS XII.: his descent into Lombardy, and its
results, i. 9;
allied with the Austrian Emperor and the
King of Spain, i. 12.
LOYOLA, Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits:
his birth and childhood, i. 231;
his youth and early training, ib.;
illness at Pampeluna, 232;
pilgrimage to Montserrat, 234;
retreat at Manresa, ib.;
his romance and discipline, 235;
journey to the Holy Land, 237;
his apprenticeship to his future calling,
ib.;
imprisoned by the Inquisition, 238;
studies theology in Paris, ib.;
gains disciples there, 239;
his methods with them, ib.;
with ten companions takes the vows of
chastity and poverty, 240;
Ignatius at Venice, 241;
his relations with Caraffa and the Theatines,
242;
in Rome, 243;
the name of the new Order, 244;
its military organization, 245;
the project favored by Paul III., ib.;
the Constitution approved by the Pope,
247;
his worldly wisdom, 248 n.;
Loyola’s creative force, 249;
his administration, 250 sq.;
dislike of the common forms of monasticism,
251;
his aims and principles, 252;
comparison with Luther, 253;
rapid spread of the Order, 254;
special desire of Ignatius to get a firm
hold on Germany, 258;
his dictatorship, 259;
adroitness in managing his subordinates,
260;
autocratic administration, 261;
insistence on the virtue of obedience,
263;
devotion to the Roman Church, 265;
the Exercitia Spiritualia, 267
sqq.;
Loyola’s dislike of asceticism,
270;
his interpretation of the vow of poverty,
275;
his instructions as to the management
of consciences, 287 sq.;
his doctrine on the fear of God, 304 n.
LUCERO EL TENEBROSO, the Spanish Inquisitor, i. 180.
LUINI’S picture of S. Catherine, ii. 360.
LULLY, Raymond:
his Art of Memory and Classification of
the Sciences,
adapted by Giordano Bruno, ii. 139.