Celestino Cavedoni

Celestino Cavedoni (born May 18, 1795 in Levizzano-Rangone (Castelvetro di Modena) near Modena , † November 26, 1865 in Modena) was an Italian clergyman, archaeologist and numismatist .

Life

He attended the seminary and studied archeology and the Greek and Hebrew languages at the University of Bologna from 1816 to 1821 . He was ordained a priest in 1817. He became curator of the Numismatic Museum of Modena and in 1820 received a position in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena. From 1830 to 1863 he held the chair of hermeneutics at the University of Modena . He worked on the collection of Bartolomeo Borghesi . From 1814 he had brought out around 820 publications. He was a member of the Accademia Etrusca , since 1845 a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and since 1854 an external member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Publications (selection)

Saggio di osservazioni sulle medaglie di famiglie romane ritrovate in tre antichi riostigli dell'agro Modenese negli anni MDCCCXII, MDCCCXV e MDCCCXXVIII. Eredi Soliani, Modena 1829, ( digitized version ).
as editor: Francisci Carellii Nvmorvm Italiae Veteris Tabvlas CCII. Wigand, Leipzig 1850, ( digitized version ).
Numismatica Biblica o sia dichiarazione delle monete antiche memorate nelle sante scritture. Eredi Soliani, Modena 1850, ( digitized ; in German translation: Biblical numismatics or explanation of the ancient coins mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. Translated from Italian and provided with additions by A. von Werlhof . 2 volumes. Hahn, Hannover 1855–1856 , Digitized part 1 ; digitized part 2 ).
Saggio critico intorno alla critica ipercritica di Ernesto Renan, membro dell'Istituto di Francia, nella sua Vie de Iesus. dell'Immacolata Concezione et al., Modena et al. 1863, (refutation to Ernest Renan's Das Leben Jesu. In several editions with a variant of the title).

literature

Fausto Parente: Cavedoni, Venanzio Celestino. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 23: Cavallucci-Cerretesi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1979.

Individual evidence

^ Members of the previous academies. Celestino Cavedoni. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on November 8, 2019 .

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 57.

Web links

Commons : Celestino Cavedoni - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Catholic Encyclopedia (1913): Celestino Cavedoni.

personal data
SURNAME	Cavedoni, Celestino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cavedoni, Venanzio Celestino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, archaeologist and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 18, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH	Levizzano-Rangone (Castelvetro di Modena) near Modena
DATE OF DEATH	November 26, 1865
Place of death	Modena

[1] Members of the previous academies. Celestino Cavedoni. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on November 8, 2019 .

[2] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 57.