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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.