Giovan Pietro Maffei

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Giovan Pietro Maffei also Giampietro Maffei (* 1536 in Bergamo ; † October 20, 1603 in Tivoli ) was holder of the chair of eloquence in Genoa and secretary of the Republic of Genoa .

Maffei entered the Jesuit order on August 26, 1565 and was the director of the Collegium Romanum for the next six years . In the following years he published, especially in the field of historiography.

Works

  • History of the Indian Jesuit mission with a collection of letters from the same. (1585, Latin)
  • Life story of St. Ignatius (1588, Latin)
  • Life stories of 17 confessors of Christ (1595, Italian)
  • History of the pontificate of Gregory XIII; After a revision by Paul Teggioc printed by K. Cocquelines in 1742. (Italian)
  • Commissioned by Clement VIII to continue the story about Gregory XIII.

There were 3 books about Sixtus V. They remained unfinished due to his death. (Printed in Bergamo in 1746)

literature

  • Stefano Andretta:  Maffei, Giampietro. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 67:  Macchi – Malaspina. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2006.
  • Ludwig Koch: Jesuit Encyclopedia: The Society of Jesus Once and Now , reprint with corrections and additions Edition of Paderborn 1934, Volume 2: K – Z, Löwen-Heverlee 1962

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefano Andretta:  Giovan Pietro Maffei. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).
personal data
SURNAME Maffei, Giovan Pietro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maffei, Giampietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian historian and Jesuit
DATE OF BIRTH 1536
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergamo
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1603
Place of death Tivoli