[note 1] He wrote a notable commentary on Thomas of Aquinas's Summa contra gentiles, and served as Master General of his order from 1525 until his death.
[1] He was prior first in his native city and then at Bologna, and in the provincial chapter held at Milan in 1519 he was chosen vicar-general of the Lombard congregation of his order.
[1] Having discharged this office for the allotted term of two years, he became regent of the college at Bologna where he remained for a considerable time.
[1] As general of his order he visited nearly all the convents of Italy, France, and Belgium, making efforts there to restore discipline.
[1] He was planning to begin a visitation of the Spanish convents when he died of an illness on 19 September 1528 at Rennes in Brittany.