Francesco Antonio Zaccaria
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (born March 27, 1714 in Venice , † October 10, 1795 in Rome ) was an Italian Jesuit, theologian, church historian, literary historian and Romanist .
life and work
Zaccaria entered the Jesuit order in 1731, taught in Gorizia , was ordained a priest in Rome in 1740 and officiated in Ancona, Fermo and Pistoia. In 1751 he succeeded Ludovico Antonio Muratori as head of the Este library in Modena . In 1768 he went to the Jesuit library in Rome. From Pius VI. he was appointed professor of church history at La Sapienza University and at the Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici ( Pontifical Diplomatic Academy ). He belonged to several Italian academies. In addition to theological, ecclesiastical, archaeological and polemical writings, he published literary-historical works, in particular an edition of Dante's Divina Comedia (Verona 1749). He was co-editor of the influential magazine Storia Letteraria d'Italia (1. 1750 - 14. 1759)
Fonts
- Dissertazioni varie Italiane a storia ecclesiastica appartenenti , 2 volumes, 366 and 360 pp., Stamperia Salomoni, Rome 1780.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Zaccaria, Franz Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1890, p. 67 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hans Ullmaier: Zaccaria, Francesco Antonio. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 29, Bautz, Nordhausen 2008, ISBN 978-3-88309-452-6 , Sp. 1581-1587.
Web links
- Works by and about Francesco Antonio Zaccaria in the German Digital Library
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15740b.htm (bio-bibliographical)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zaccaria, Francesco Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Jesuit, church historian and literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1795 |
| Place of death | Rome |