(d. 1688); Petrus Andreas Taccioni (d. 1672); the lay brother Philip Bosio (d. 1662); Antonio Muscia (d. 1665); and Eusebius Amoretti (d. 1685). Saint Pompilius Maria Pirroti (d. 1766) was famous for being a saintly spiritual director. Faustino Miguez (d. 1925) was a famous educator, scientist, and founder of the Calasanzian Sisters in Spain. Dionisius Pamplona was a holy master of novices, pastor and rector in Buenos Aires and Peralta de la Sal, and was the first Piarist killed in the fulfillment of his priesthood during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1936). Other Piarists known for their sanctity and pedagogical abilities with children in the last century have been Pedro Díez Gil (d. 1983) and Joaquín Erviti (d. 1999). Notes Sources and references P. Helyot, Histoire des ordres religieuses (1715), iv. 281 J. A. Seyffert, Ordensregeln der Piaristen (Halle, 1783) J. Schaller, Gedanken über die Ordensfassung der Piaristen (Prague, 1805) A. Heimbucher, Orden und Kongregationen (1897) ii. 271 articles by O. Zockler in Herzog-Hauck's Real-encyklopadie für protestantische Theologie (1904), vol. xv. C. Kniel in Wetzer and Welte's Kirchen-lexikon (1895), vol. ix. For Calasanz, see Timon-David, Vie de St Joseph Calasance (Marseilles, 1884) External links General Curia of the Piarists: Official website Piarists in the U.S.A. Piarists in Spain Piarists in Poland Piarists in Austria Piarists in Hungary Piarists in Italy Piarists in Slovakia Piarist parish in France Piarists in Japan and Philippines Piarist Vocations 1597 establishments in Europe Religious organizations established in the 1590s Christian religious orders established in the 16th century