Giambattista Torricelli

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Giambattista Torricelli (born May 12, 1779 in Lugano ; † March 7, 1848 there ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and writer.

Life

Giambattista Torricelli was the son of Christoforo Torricelli and his wife Marianna, geb. Piccoli.

He attended the College of San Antonio in Lugano , led by the Somas people , and then studied theology at the Seminario patriarcale in Venice and at the University of Padua . When he had finished his studies, he returned to Ticino and was ordained a priest in 1802 . In 1806 he was appointed canonical theologian of the Lugano chapter.

Angiola Pizzagalli, b. Maghetti, bequeathed a considerable fortune to the establishment of an orphanage, which her father Anton Maghetti increased in 1830 by 40,000 lire and another 50,000 lire from her mother. Giambattista Torricelli received the entire amount as administrator of the legacy for further use; contractual clauses stipulated that he could use the financial resources without any obligation to account, whether spiritual, secular or political. This led to the establishment of a boarding school for girls and an orphanage for boys in Lugano in 1844.

Writing

Giambattista Torricelli was the managing editor of the magazine Il Cattolico , which was founded in 1833 and appeared every two weeks, and author of the ten-volume work Orazioni sacre e dissertazioni storico-polemiche . In his writings his deep aversion to any form of liberalism can be seen and he vehemently defended the church against demands for secularization .

Fonts (selection)

  • Elogi di Maria Vergine venerata in Lugano sotto il titolo di Madre delle Grazie e della Immacolata di Lei Concezione . Lugano: Presso Francesco Veladini e comp, 1826.
  • Orazioni sull'augustissimo Sacramento recitate nella chiesa di S. Marco in Milano nel febbraio del 1820 e nella cattedrale di Bergamo nello stesso mese del 1827 . Como: Presso C. Pietro Ostinelli, 1829.
  • Esposizione di alcune cattoliche verità a schiarimento degli articoli dell'Osservatore del Ceresio N. 21 and 25 del 1831 relativi a Monsignor Vescovo di Como . Como: Coi torchi di C. Pietro Ostinelli, 1831.
  • Orazioni sacre e dissertazioni storico-polemiche . Lugano 1837-1840.
  • Saggi biografici intorno alla illustrissima signora contessa donna Rosa Lucini-Passalacqua vedova Leonardi la cui perdita infausta fu compianta nel 2 December 1841 . Lugano: Dalla tipografia Veladini, 1842.
  • La sapienza di Dio nelle malattie dell'uomo: Operetta del canonico teologo Giambattista Torricelli di Lugano . Lugano 1845.
  • Dissertazioni storico-polemiche essia catechismo religioso sociale . Roma: Tipografia di Gaetano Chiassi, 1850–1854.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefano Franscini : The canton of Ticino: historically, geographically, statistically portrayed: Description of all mountains in the same: a handbook and house book for canton citizens and travelers . at Huber and Compagnie, 1835, p. 245 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
personal data
SURNAME Torricelli, Giambattista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turricellius, Johannes Baptista; Torricelli, Giovanni B .; Torricelli, Giambattista; Turricellius, Joannes Baptista; Turricellius, Johannes B .; Torricelli, Giambatista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugano
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1848
Place of death Lugano