CORNARO, LUIGI (1467-1566), a Venetian nobleman, who, after a severe illness at the age of 4o, became an apostle of abstinence. In later life he found one egg a day sufficient solid food. His Discorsi sulla vita sobria (1558) was translated into many languages and has often been reprinted. He died at Padua at the age of g8 on May 8, 1566.