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pected of Jansenism. The nuncio at Brussels acciised
mm of it, and would not permit the University oV
Louvain to confer a doctors degree upon him; only
after the pope's mediation was it given to him. When
the accusation was renewed, Alexander VII called him
to Rome, where for the next five years he devoted
himself under papal protection to the study of ecclesi-
astical history. He returned to Louvain in 1660, and
was elected provincial of the Belgian province; in
1667 he returned to Rome, accompanied by several
professors of the theological facul^ of Louvain, to
obtain tiie censure of a number of erroneous moral
doctrines. Innocent XI condemned sixt^-five of the
propositions denounced by him. On his return to
Louvain he was appointed r^us professor of the-
ology, the first time a religious had ever held this office.
His writing were published in thirteen parts, the first
twelve at Venice, 1724-1729, in six folio volumes, the
thirteenth at Bologna, in 1742. The first six under
the title Synodorum generalium et provincialium
statuta et canones cum notis et historicis disserta-
tionibus (1665-1673) contain a detailed history of
the councils, with many learned dissertations. The
seventh part contains: Ad Ephesinmn concilium
variorum patrum epistolas, item commonitorium
Coelestini papte, titulos decretorum Hilarii papse
(Louvain, 1682). He also wrote critical replies to
Quesnel, Boileau, and Gerbais. His writing^, how-
ever, are mostly collections of historical materials,
usually but little elaborated by him.
HuRTER, Nomenclatar, II (1893)* 514-521.
Patricius Schlaoer. Lnsatla. See Saxony, Vicariate Apostolic of.
Lusdnius (Nachtgall), OmiAR, an Alsatian Humanist, b. at Strasburg, 1487; d. at Freibuig, 1537. After receiving instruction at Strasburg from Jacob Wimppheling, he went in 1508 to Paris, where he studied Latin under Faustus Andrelini and Greek under Hieronymus Aleander. He then studied canon law at Louvain, Padua, and Vienna, and in the last city music also under Wolfgane Grefineer. Subsequently, he travelled in Greece and Asia Minor, returning to Strasburg in 1514. Here he became associated with Wimppheling and Sebastian Brant and mingled in literary circles. In 1515 he was appointed organist at the church of St. Thomas, and also received a vicar- iate, as he was a priest. In addition he taught both in the school of the Knights Hospitallers and in the cathe- dral school. He spread in Strasburs his own enthu- siasm for the Greek language and literature, and published Greek manuals, collections of examples, and an edition of Lucian with a translation. In 1515 he also published a book on the elements of music (Insti- tutiones musics), and in 1516 issued a revised edition of the Rosella of Baptista Trovamala's compen- dium of cases of conscience. The most important of his later works are: (1) an edition (1518) of the Com- mentary on the Pauline Epistles, then ascribed to Bishop Haimo of Halberstadt. In the introduction Luscinius condemns Scholasticism and champions the study of the Bible; (2) an exposition and translation of the Psalms (1524); (3) a harmony of the Goepeb in Latin and German (1523-25); (4) the dialogue " Grun- nius sophista (1522), a defence of Humanistic studies; (5) a collection of anecdotes called Loci ac sales mire festivi " (1524), written chiefly for scholarly circles and intended rather to entertam than to b!e satirical. It contains extracts from Greek and Roman authors, quotations from the Bible and the Fathers of the Church, and moral applications which consort but ill with the many coarse jests.
Luscinius went to Italy and there received the de- gree of Doctor of Law. Iii 1520 he lost his position at St. Thomas's, and failed to obtain a prebend which he had expected, but he was soon made a canon of St. Stephen's at Strasburg. In 1523 he w^it to Aug»buig,
and there became a teacher of the Bible and of Greek
at the monastery of St. Ulrich. Although a aealouB
Humanist and an opponent of Scholasticism, Luscinius
did not become a supporter of the Reformation. For
a time, however, he certainly seems to have been
friendly to it. and to have approved of the doctrine of
salvation by taith alone. But disputes, which he held
to be specious quibbling over words, were distasteful
to him, and thus at the beginning he avoided taking
sides. After 1525, however, he was regarded as a reli-
able adherent of the ancient Church. The Fugeer
made him preacher at the church of St. Moriz, andne
became the most important champion of Catholicism
at Augsbuig, his sermons arousing the ill-will ol tJie
Evangelical party. In 1528, after he had repeatedly
callea the Evangelical preachers heretics, he was ar-
rested and confined to his own house. In 1529 he was
made cathedral preacher at Freiburg im Breisgau.
Towards the end of his life he wished to enter the
Carthusian monastery near Freiburg, but he was pre-
vented by death. Luscinii^ was a very talented and
versatile man — theologian, jurist, musician, and a
widely known scholar in "the three languages".
f ScHMiiyr. Hitl. litUraire de VAUace, II (Paris. 1879). 174-208,
412-8, where a list of his 33 publications and editions is jnvea;
GcioER in Atkfem. deutsche Biogr., XIX (Leipzig, 1884), 065-7;
Knepper, Dcm SchiU- u. UrUerrxchtsweaen in EUcus (Strasbuig,
1905), passim; Schb6der, Beiir&ge turn Leberubilde Dr, Ottmar
NaehigaUB in Hidtyr. Jahrb. der OdrresgeaelUchaft, XIV (1893).
83-106; Roth, Auoaburga RefomuUionageseh. 1617-SO (2xid
ed., Munich. 1901), 16. 130-2. 306-9.
Klemens LOffleb.
Lusij^an, Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse, a French- Canadian writer, b. at St-Denis on the Richelieu, P. Q., 27 September, 1843; d. 5 January, 1893; son of Jean-Baptiste Lusisnan, a merchant, and On^sime Masse. He was educated at St-Hyacinthe CoUegei and studied theology there and at Montreal Seminary. Judging after three vears that he was not called to the Church, he studied law at St-Hyacinthe and at LaviJ University, Quebec, and practised in the former city for a few years. He contnbuted to several newspapens and was chief editor (1865-^) of "Le Pays^', the principal organ of the French-Canadian Liberal party at the time, a paper the attitude of which in poutico- religious questions, notably the so-caUed undue influ- ence of the clergy in politics, was frequently at variance with the views of ecclesiastical authority. Lusisnan published (1872), as a continuation of a simiuir wonc by Judge Ramsay, a '^ Digest of Reported cases"; "Coups d'ceil et coups de plume" ^1884). He was an ardent patriot and a thorough student of the French tongue, ever jsealous b)r his criticism and b^ his example to preserve its purity. All his Cana- dian contemporaries looked upon him as a master of the language, his lexicographical erudition being un- rivalled in Canada. All the delicacies and intricacies of French grammar and phraseology were familiar to him. His style, remarkably deft and fluent, would have given him a foremost rank had he been placed in a more favourable field. He was elected (1885) a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
Maclkan Rose. CucUmedia of Canadian Biography (Toro&tOb 1886); A la nUmoireaAlphonae Ltuignan (Montreal. 1892)..
Lionel Lindsay.
Lussy. Melchior, statesman, b. at Stans, Canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland, 1529; d. there 14 Nov., 1606. Even in his youth he filled various offices, took part in the campaigns of 1557 and 1573, and was after- wards ten times high bailiff of his native canton. He was often an emissary of the Confederacy at Stans, as well as in France, Spain, etc. In particular he repre- sented, along with Abbot Joachim Eichhom of Ein- siedehi, the Catholic cantons of Switzerland at the Council of Trent. He arrived there 16 March, 1562, and stayed till June, 1563. He promised on oath, in the name of the Catholic confederates, to adopt and maintain the decisions and regulations of tK^^ ^jCi^s)sS&k.
