Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Reginaldus (Renaud), Valerius
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Jesuit · 1543–1623
Dates differ: Prümmer 1543–1623; Haringer ?–1623.
Life
Born 1543, Usie (diocese of Besançon), of peasant parents; died 15 March 1623, aged 80, in the odour of sanctity. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 894-895]
- Valère Regnault (Raynaud, Renaud), Jesuit; heard Maldonatus and Mariana at Paris, taught philosophy at Bordeaux and moral theology at Paris and for twenty years at Dole with great praise; remembered for his humility. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 894-895]
- Wrote Praxis fori poenitentialis (Lyons, 1616, 2 vols.; Mainz 1617; Cologne 1622), a Compendiaria praxis of difficult cases in confession (1619), De prudentia et ceteris in confessario requisitis (1611) and De officio poenitentis (1618). [Hurter, vol. III, col. 894-895]
Sources: H. Hurter, S.J., Nomenclator literarius theologiae catholicae, 3rd ed. (Innsbruck, 1903-1913), read on archive.org. Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Reginaldus (Renaud), Valerius, S.J., French (1543-1623), wrote several works pertaining to moral theology, which are commended by St. Charles Borromeo, St. Francis de Sales, and St. Alphonsus. His principal work is Praxis fori poenitentialis, 2 folio volumes, Lyons 1616 and then often edited.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [**: weighty, probabilist] “Reginaldus Valerius, French, S.J., disciple of Maldonatus. He was a man no less learned than holy, and especially most devoted toward the Most Holy Sacrament. St. Francis de Sales and St. Charles Borromeo commended his works to the clergy; and St. Alphonsus likewise numbers him among the classic doctors (Practice of the Penitentiary Forum. On the Prudence of the Confessor), died 1623.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XXVII, sign read on the page)
His Moral System, as Our Authors Report It
Every report quoted in the author's own words and linked to its place; point at a name to see his words. Haringer's signs give St. Alphonsus's judgment as Haringer found it in St. Alphonsus's works (his notice, Gury-Ballerini, 1884, p. XI); a sign on a writer the 1884 editor added to the list is the editor's own, and is said to be his.
| Probabilist | |
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| “Reginaldus Valerius, French, S.J., disciple of Maldonatus. He was a man no less learned than holy, and especially most devoted toward the Most Holy Sacrament. St. Francis de Sales and St. Charles Borromeo commended his works to the clergy; and St. Alphonsus likewise numbers him among the classic doctors (Practice of the Penitentiary Forum. On the Prudence of the Confessor), died 1623.”Haringer marks him **, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty and probabilist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XXVII |
Where Our Authors Discuss Him
Each read in its full passage; the words quoted are the author's own. Where several authors say the same thing, one is quoted and the others follow “in nearly the same words”; point at a name to see his words.
| “Reginald (d. 1623), numbered by St. Alphonsus among the classical authors”Marc, quoting Ernest Müller, names him among the casuists celebrated with great praises | Marc, Institutiones I, n. 6 |
| “and other writings were praised by St. Francis de Sales and led St. Alphonsus to rank the author among the classics of Moral Theology”Koch-Preuss: praised by St. Francis de Sales, and ranked by St. Alphonsus among the classics | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).