Enrico Noris

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Enrico Noris
Plaque in the grave monument Cathedral of Verona (Label: HENRICI DE NORIS cardinalis / FR ER / in effigy QVAM SVSPICIS COLE PALLADIVM / HVNC MAGNO HETRVRIA DVCI A. SANCTIORIB CONSILVS / IN PISANO ATHENAEO ecclesiasticae HISTORIAE / YOUR SACRA LETTERATVRAE INTERPRETEM / AC VATICANA bibliothecae. PRAEFECTVM / VOLVMINVM ERVDITIONE VIRTVTVM CONGERIE CLARVM / SACRA DEMUM PVRPVRA DECORATVM / PERGRATA PATRIA DP / HOC SIBI AETERNAVIT IN MARBLE / ANNO DMDC.IIIIC)

Enrico Noris OESA (born August 29, 1631 in Verona , † February 23, 1704 in Rome ) was an Italian church historian, cardinal and librarian.

life and work

Enrico Noris was born in Verona in 1631. He studied rhetoric and logic in Rimini and then joined the Augustinian order , where he was named Enrico. After completing his novitiate and religious training, he began studying philosophy and theology in Rome. After his ordination he taught theology and philosophy, 1658 in Pesaro, 1662 in Perugia, 1664 in Florence, 1666 in Padua, 1671 in Rome, 1674 in Pisa.

His main work is his Vindiciae augustinianae , an extensive exposition and defense of the teaching of Augustine of Hippo in the dispute with the theologian Pelagius and his students.

Because of his orthodox views, allegations were made against him, which accused him of Jansenism and Bayanism . By the decree of March 4, 1667 to be under the pseudonym was Annibal Corradinus ( Annibale Corradini in) Altdorf misplaced factory Miles macedonicus plautino sale perfrictus by the Congregation of the Index set.

Cosimo III. de 'Medici appointed him personal theologian and professor of church history at the University of Pisa . Other offerings, including from Popes Clement X and Innocent XI. he refused.

In 1695 he became a cardinal and from 1700 he was custodian of the Vatican library . He is considered one of the most learned theologians of his time. The general scholar encyclopedia of Jöcher According to he was "extremely busy [and] studied all the days of 14 hours."

Works (selection)

  • Vindiciae augustinianae
  • Historia Pelagiana

His works were published by Hermanos Ballerini in Verona, 1729–1741.

literature

  • Maria Pia Donato:  Noris, Enrico (Girolamo). In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 78:  Natta – Nurra. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2013.
  • Michael Klaus Wernicke: Cardinal Enrico Noris and his defense of Augustine. Würzburg, Augustinus-Verlag 1973, "Cassiacum" Volume XXVIII
  • Agustín M. Martínez, Introducción a la teología del cardenal Enrique Noris, agustino (1631–1704) . Santiago, Chile: Imp.Lathrop, 1946
  • Claude Nicaise, Lettres de l'abbé Nicaise au cardinal Noris (1686–1701) . Besançon: Typography et lithography Jacquin, 1903
  • Fernando Rojo Martínez, "Ensayo bibliográfico de Noris, Bellelli y Berti" in Analecta Augustiniana vol. 26 (1963) pp. 294-331
  • Ferdinand Leopold Miksch: The Augustinian Order and the University of Vienna: A contribution to “600 years of the University of Vienna” (continuation and conclusion). Augustiniana, Vol. 17 (1967), pp. 37–83 ( partial online view )

Web links

Commons : Enrico Noris  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aglio D. sec. XVII-XVIII, Monumento del cardinale Enrico Noris
  2. ↑ a b cf. Noris, OESA, Enrico. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed June 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Jesús Martínez de Bujanda , Marcella Richter: Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600–1966. Médiaspaul, Montréal 2002, ISBN 2-89420-522-8 (French, digitized ), p. 675 NORIS, Enrico (1631-1704).
  4. ↑ General scholarly lexicon (excerpt)
personal data
SURNAME Noris, Enrico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Noris, Girolamo (baptismal name); Noris, Henricus de; Noris, Henry; Noris, Heinrici
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian church historian, cardinal, librarian
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1631
PLACE OF BIRTH Verona
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1704
Place of death Rome