Nicola Avancini

He entered the Society of Jesus in 1627, and for some years held the chair of rhetoric and philosophy at University of Graz, and subsequently that of theology at Vienna.

To Nicola Avancini has been attributed the Imperium Romano-Germanicum, a Carolo Magno Primo Romano-Germanico Caesare, per Quadraginta Novem Imperatores et Germaniae Reges, et ex his per XIV.. published in Vienna in 1658 (Typis Matthiae Cosmerovii).

[1] Avancini was also the author of sermons and a large number of dramas, suitable for presentation by college students.

Avancini's Pietas victrix (Vienna 1650) is considered one of the most important Neo-Latin Jesuit dramas.

The historical drama centres around Constantine the Great's victory over his co-emperor and adversary, Maxentius, in the decisive Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 BC).