Archival
| arsi | Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu |
| fol. (fols.) | folio (folios) |
| Ital | Epistolae Italiae |
| Med | Mediolanensis |
| Neap | Neapolitana |
| Rom | Roma |
| Sic | Sicula |
| Ven | Veneta |
| Opp nn | Opera Nostrorum |
Printed Sources
| ahsi | Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu |
| Chronicon | Vita Ignatii Loiolae et rerum Societatis Jesu historia, auctore Joanne Alphonso de Polanco ejusdem Societatis sacerdote. 6 Vols. Madrid: Typographorum Societatis, 1894–98. |
| Constitutions | The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus and Their Complementary Norms: A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts. St. Louis: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1996. |
| dbi | Dizionario biografico degli italiani. Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1960–. |
| dhcj | Diccionario Histórico de la Compañía de Jesús: Biográfico-temático. Edited by Charles E. O’Neill, S.I., and Joaquím María Domínguez, S.I. 4 Vols. Rome and Madrid: Institutum Historicum S.I. and Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 2001. |
| Fontes narrativi | Fontes narrativi de S. Ignatio de Loyola et de Societatis Iesu initiis. 4 Vols. Rome: Monumenta Historica Soc. Iesu, 1943–65. |
| Grendler 1989 | Grendler, Paul F. Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning 1300–1600. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. |
| Grendler 2002 | Grendler, Paul F. The Universities of the Italian Renaissance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. |
| Grendler 2017 | Grendler, Paul F. The Jesuits and Italian Universities 1548–1773. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2017. |
Sancti Ignatii de Loyola Societatis Jesu fundatoris epistolae et instructiones. 12 Vols. Madrid: Typis G. Lopez del Horno, 1903–12; reprint 1964–68. |
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| Lainii epistolae | Lainii Monumenta epistolae et acta Patris Jacobi Lainii secondi praepositi generalis Societatis Iesu. 8 Vols. Madrid: Typis López del Horno, 1912–17. |
| Mon. Paed. | Monumenta Paedagogica Societatis Iesu. Edidit ex integro refecit novisqe textibus auxit Ladislaus [László] Lukács, S.I. 7 Vols. Rome: Monumenta Historica Soc. Iesu, 1965–92. |
| Polanci complementa | Epistolae et commentaria P. Joannis Alphonsi de Polanco e Societate Jesu: Addenda caeteris ejusdem scriptis dispersis in his monumentis, quibus accedunt nonnulla coaeva, aliorum auctorum, illis conjunctissima. Madrid: Typis Gabrielis López del Horno, 1916–17; reprint Rome: Monumenta Historica S.I., 1969–71. |
| Ratio Studiorum | The Ratio Studiorum: The Official Plan for Jesuit Education. |
Translated and Annotated by Claude Pavur, S.J. Saint Louis: |
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Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2005. |
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| Sommervogel | Sommervogel, Carlos. Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jèsus: Nouvelle edition. 11 Vols. Brussels and Paris: Oscar Schepens and Alphonse Picard, 1890–1932; reprint Louvain: Editions de la Bibliothèque S.J., 1960. |
