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Terenzio Alciati (November 1570 – 12 November 1651) was an Italian Jesuit and author. He is best known for his influential studies on the history of the Council of Trent.[1]
Biography
[edit]Terenzio Alciati was born in Rome in November 1570. He belonged to a noble and wealthy family, originally from Milan.[2] He entered the Society of Jesus on 9 March 1591.[2] Alciati taught philosophy for five years, and theology for seventeen years at the Roman College.[3] He subsequently became studiorum præfectus of the college and held the office for thirteen years, whereupon he was appointed vice-præpositus of the professed house in Rome.[3] Esteemed by the cardinals for his great learning, he was appointed censor by the Holy Office; the Congregation for Divine Worship chose him their consultor, and he became director of the Apostolic Penitentiary. In the ninth General Congregation, Alciati was the deputy of the Roman province. The Superior general of the Society of Jesus Francesco Piccolomini appointed him vice-provincial the Jesuit province of Rome.[3] Alciati died of apoplexy on 12 November 1651.[3]
Works
[edit]Alciati is the author of several historical and theological works written in Italian, and published under the pen name of Erminius Tacitus.[3] Alegambe gives the titles of them in his Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu.[4] Alciati was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII to refute Sarpi, the author of the Istoria del Concilio Tridentino, but death prevented him from accomplishing this work. However, he had collected very valuable materials, of which Cardinal Francesco Sforza Pallavicino afterwards made use for his Istoria del Concilio di Trento.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Pastor, Ludwig von (1938). The History of the Popes. From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources. Vol. 29. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, Limited. pp. 434–5.
- ^ a b Pirri 1960.
- ^ a b c d e Plate 1843, p. 758.
- ^ Alegambe, Philippe (1676). "Terentius Alciatus". Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu. Rome: ex Typographia Iacobi Antonij de Lazzaris Varesij. p. 754.
- ^ Bauer, Stefan. "Writing the History of the Council of TrentIn: Sforza Pallavicino". In Maarten Delbeke (ed.). Sforza Pallavicino. A Jesuit Life in Baroque Rome. pp. 275–287. doi:10.1163/9789004517240_013. ISBN 978-90-04-51724-0.
Bibliography
[edit]- Plate, William (1843). "Alciati, Terenzio". The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 1. Part 2. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 758.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.
- Picinelli, Filippo (1670). Ateneo dei letterati milanesi. Milan: Francesco Vigone. pp. 501–2.
- Pirri, Pietro (1960). "ALCIATI, Terenzio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 2: Albicante–Ammannati (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
