Maffei, Giovanni Pietro, a noted Italian Jes- uit, was born at Bergamo about 1536; was for a time professor at Genoa, became in 1564 secretarv- of the gov- ernment at that place, and in 1565 joined the Jesuits, among whom he gained a great reputation. Brought to the notice of cardinal Henry, of Portugal, he Mas called to Lisbon. He died in Tivoli in 1603. Maifei wrote De vita et moribus Sancti Ignatii Loyolm (Venet. 1685, and Berg. 1747) : — Historiarum indicationum libri xvi; rerum a Societate Jesu in Oriente gestarum volumen (Florentice, 1588; often reprinted) : — De rebus Jap onicis libri v. At the request of Gregory' XIII he wrote a his- tory of the reign of that pope, which remained in MS. until 1743, when it was published at Rome by Carlo Coquetines. A Historj' of India, written by request of cardinal Henry, was published without JNIaffei's name, though he was its author. His collected works, accom- panied by a biographical sketch, were published under the style J. P. Maffei Opiera omnia Lafine scripta nunc ■primum in vmim corpus collecta (Verona, 1747, 2 vols. 4to). — Herzog, Reed-EncyMop. viii, 660.
Maffei, Vegius, an Italian priest, canon of St. John of Laterau, was born at Lodi, in Lombardy, in 1407, and died at Rome in 1458. He enjoyed great reputation as a theologian and writer. His most im- portant work is Tractatus de educatione liberoritm et clai-is eorum studiis ac moribus (Paris, 1511). It was often reprinted, and was considered in its day one of the best on the subject of education. He also wrote Phila- lethes seu de amore reritatis invisce ft corulantis dialogus; de perseverantia i-eligionis; de quatuor homines 7-ebus no- vissimis ; also biographies of St. Bernard of Sienna, St. Peter Celestin, Augustine, and Monica, and a continua- tion of Virgil's jEneid in 13 vols., etc. — Herzog, Real- Enryldopddie, viii, 660.
Maffit, John Newl,\nd, a minister of the IMtthod- ist Episcojial Church South, was born of Eiii^cojial jia- rcntage at Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 28, 1794; was destined for the mercantile profession Ijy his parents, but, joining the Wesleyans in 1813, he determined upon the minis- try. Opposed by his friends and family at home, he emigrated to this country in 1819, and not long after his arrival became a member of the New England Confer- ence, For twelve succeeding years he was stationed in tlie different cities of New England, then removed to New York, acting thereafter only as a local preacher, moving at his own discretion, and preaching and lectu- ring at such points as offered. In 1835, conjointly with Rev. Lewis (Jarrett, he issued in Nashville, 'J'cim., the first number of The Western Afethodist (uoav 77/p Chr-is- tian Advocate, the central organ of tie Methodist Epis-
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copal Churcli South). In 1836-1837 he was agent for La Grange College, in Alabama, and subsequently was elected to the chair of elocution and belles-lettres in that institution; but he gave little attention to its du- ties, and the chair was soon discontinued. In 1841 he was chaplain of the lower house of Congress. His ad- vent West and South-west was marked by a quickened religious interest in the popular mind. Vast assemblies gathered to hear him, and thousands, directly through his instrumentality, were added to the Church. Ke- tuming to New York, he became somewhat lax in his Church relations, and consequeiUly lost his membership. In 1847 he removed to Arkansas, and there joined the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was licensed to preach de novo. After laboruig for a year or two with a success small in comparison with his previous history, he left Arkansas for the Gulf cities. His last days were spent in carrying on a religious meeting in a small chapel of a suburban villa of Mobile, Ala. Tublic in- terest could no more be evoked by him who had been its master in the wilderness and in the city, as well as the street-preacher, the lecturer, or the camp-meeting lead- er. The spell was broken, or — the spirit of the man. He died suddenly, of heart rupture, near Mobile, May, 1850. "Though amiable, he had the appearance of vanity, which provoked criticisms; and, though forgiving and gentle, his zeal in the prosecution of his Master's cause and his boldness in the rebuke of sin often waked up enemies. His social relaxations were thought by many to run into indiscretions and follies that marred his character and his influence in private life. See Sprague, A nnals of the A merican Pulpit, vol. vii. (J. H. W.)
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Magalhaeus, Gabriel de, a Portuguese mission- ary, was born at Pedrogao, near Coimljre, in 1G09 ; was admitted to the " Society of Jesus" when only sixteen, and, desiring to enter the missionary work, departed for Goa, India, in 1634. On his way he stopped at Macao, and ■was led to make an extended tour through China, and so great became his interest in that country that he abandoned his intention of proceeding to India, and preached Christianity in the Chinese empire with zeal and apparent success. At first he was in favor at court, but he fell into displeasure during the Christian persecu- tions, and barely saved his life. He died a peaceful death, i\Iay 6, 1677. He wrote several works on China. See Ibiefer, Xouv. Bioq. Geiierale, xxxii, 6G2.