Angelo Mercati

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Angelo Mercati (born October 6, 1870 in Villa Gaida , † October 3, 1955 in Rome ) was an Italian clergyman, scholar and from 1925 to 1955 Prefect of the Vatican Archives .

He was ordained a priest in 1893 and taught theology and church history from 1893 to 1896 at the seminary in Marola and from 1896 to 1911 at the seminary in Reggio nell'Emilia . From 1911 he worked in the Vatican : from 1911 to 1918 as scrittore of the Biblioteca Vaticana , from 1918 to 1920 as its custode , from 1920 he was Vice-Prefect, from 1925 until his death Prefect of the Archivio Vaticano . He has translated scientific books from German, including ten volumes of the papal history of Ludwig von Pastor . On November 5, 1950 he was elected a foreign member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies .

His brothers were Giovanni Mercati (1866–1957), librarian and archivist of the Holy Roman Church, and the Byzantinist Silvio Giuseppe Mercati (1877–1963).

Publications

  • Sussidi per la consultazione dell'Archivio Vaticano , 3 volumes, Città del Vaticano 1926, 1931, 1947.
  • Saggi di storia e letteratura , 2 volumes, Rome 1951. 1982.

Literature and Festschriften

  • Paolo Vian: The brothers Giovanni and Angelo Mercati and the German-speaking world of science , in: Michael Matheus / Stefan Heid (eds.), Places of Refuge and Personal Networks. The Campo Santo Teutonico and the Vatican 1933–1955 (= Roman Quarterly, Supplementary Volume 63), Herder Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 2015, pp. 387-417.
  • Omaggio a Mons. Angelo Mercati, Prefetto dell'Archivio Segreto Vaticano nel 70 compleanno, con l'indice bibliografico dei suoi scritti , Città del Vaticano 1940
  • Miscellanea archivistica Angelo Mercati , Città del Vaticano 1952 (therein pp. IX-XXVII list of publications)
  • Studi storici in memoria di Mons. Angelo Mercati , Prefetto dell'Archivio Vaticano, Milan 1956
  • Paolo Vian:  Mercati, Angelo. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 73:  Meda-Messadaglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2009.

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SURNAME Mercati, Angelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, scholar and Prefect of the Vatican Archives
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Villa Gaida
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1955
Place of death Rome