Leone Allacci
Leone Allacci , also Leo (n) Allatius , Leo (n) Allatios , Leon Allatiusios (around 1586 - January 19, 1669 ) was a Catholic convert , Greek classical philologist, librarian and theologian .
Life
Allacci was born in an Orthodox neighborhood on the Greek island of Chios around 1586 . He lived first in Calabria, later in Rome , where he first taught Greek and later as a favorite of Pope Gregory XV. made a career at the Greek College of Saint Athanasius .
After the conquest of Heidelberg in 1622 by Tilly , the victorious Bavarian Elector Maximilian transferred the precious Heidelberg Bibliotheca Palatina , which he wanted to take with him to Munich, at the express request of Pope Gregory XV. the Vatican. Pope Gregory entrusted Allacci with the transport of the manuscripts with a caravan of 200 mules across the Alps to Rome . On that occasion, Allacci also sold twelve boxes of valuable books for himself.
After the death of Gregory XV. In 1623 Allacci became librarian to Cardinal Francesco Barberini and in 1661 he was promoted to librarian of the Vaticana , in which office he died in 1669.
literature
Catalogs of works and bibliographies
- Johann Albert Fabricius : Bibliotheca graeca , vol. 11, p. 437 ff. - (comprehensive, annotated overview of Allacci's extensive scientific complete works, divided into editions, translations and commentaries, dogmatic writings and historical works)
- Émile Legrand : Bibliography hellénique du XVIième siècle , Paris 1895, Vol. 3, pp. 435–471. - (complete catalog of works)
- Jacono Carmela: Bibliografia di Leone Allacci (1588–1669) . Universitá, Palermo 1962.
expenditure
- Leone Allacci: Il carme "Hellas". A cura di Vincenzo Rotolo . Mori, Palermo 1966.
Biographical articles
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Allatius (Allacci), Leo. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 119.
- Domenico Musti: Allacci, Leone. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 2: Albicante – Ammannati. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
- L. Petit: Leone Allacci . In: Jean M. Vacant (Ed.): Dictionnaire de Théologie catholique . Letouzey & Ané, Paris 2005, ISBN 978-2-7063-0232-9 , col. 830-833 (reprint of the Paris 1900 edition).
Monographs
- Thomas J. Cerbu: Leone Allacci (1588–1669). The fortunes of an early Byzantinist . Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1986 (dissertation).
- Curzio Mazzi: Leone Allacci e la Palatina di Heidelberg . Fava & Garagnani, Bologna 1893.
- Augustin Theiner : Donation of the Heidelberg library by Maximilian I, Duke and Elector of Bavaria to Pope Gregory XV. and their dispatch to Rome . Literary-Artistic Institute, Munich 1844.
- Friedrich Wilken : History of the formation, robbery and destruction of the old Heidelberg book collections. A contribution to literary history, primarily of the 15th and 16th centuries . Oswald, Heidelberg 1817.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elmar Mittler : A library for the world. The recovery of the "Bibliotheca Palatina" , online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allacci, Leone |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allacci, Leon; Allatius, Leo; Allatius, Leon; Allatios, Leon; Allatiusios, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic scholar and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1586 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1669 |