Oratory of Divine Love
The Oratory of Divine Love is a Catholic reform movement founded in 1517 by clergymen at the court of Leo X. Its members included Gaetano da Thiene (1480–1547), Gian Pietro Carafa (1476–1559) and Jacopo Sadoleto (1477–1547). A few years later the Theatine Order was established by some of its members .
literature
- Arnold Hauser: Social history of art and literature. 43rd edition. C. H. Beck, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-406-02515-3 , p. 396 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Hermann Hettner: Italian Studies. On the history of the Renaissance. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1879, p. 244 ( digitized version ).