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Battista Spagnoli (Giovanni Baptista Spagnoli Mantuanus, 1448–1516) was a Carmelite monk, poet, philosopher, and theologian. He produced a large and diverse body of work, including religious, philosophical, and ethical writings and several panegyrics. De patientia (About patience) is a treatise that counsels patience and the acceptance of pain as a way of purification and spiritual elevation and of coming closer to God. Published in Brescia, Italy, in 1497, the work is in three books. It is dedicated to Carolus Antonius Fantucius, a patrician from Bologna who was a donor ...