Paganino Gaudenzi

Paganino Gaudenzi (born June 3, 1595 in Poschiavo , † January 3, 1649 in Pisa ; also Paganino Gaudenzio ) was a Swiss Catholic theologian , priest and polymath .

Life

Paganino Gaudenzi was born in Poschiavo in Graubünden on June 3, 1595. He studied Protestant theology and law at the Universities of Basel , Regensburg and Tübingen and obtained his doctorate in both sciences in 1614 at the latter . In Chur he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod in 1614 and granted him the right to be pastor in Mese . For a short time he worked as a temporary worker in his home church and then as a preacher in Vicosoprano .

Gaudenzi belonged to the Reformed Church , but converted to the Catholic faith in 1616. As a Catholic he tried to convince the Reformed of his denomination. Then he moved to Lombardy and studied Catholic theology at the University of Rome . He received minor ordination and was appointed teacher and preacher, returned to the Three Leagues , and was ordained a priest . In 1623 he was also the administrator of the monastery in Churwalden and pastor in Tschiertschen for a few months .

From the end of 1623 / beginning of 1624 he held the post of professor of the Greek language at the University of Rome . From 1629 he worked at the Athenaeum in Pisa as a professor of Italian literature and feudal law. He held this office until his death on January 3, 1649. During this time he had also written several works; all of his writings were written in either Latin or Italian .

Works (selection)

• De Philosophiae apud Romanos initio et progressu (main work)
• De incertudine calvinianae doctrinae, tractatus (Rome 1623)
• De Dogmatibus et ritibus veteris Ecclesiase haereticorum huius teporis, et praesertim Calvinianorum testimonia (Rome 1625)
• Declemationes octo extra ordinem habitae anno 1629 (Florence 1630)
• In obitum Reginae Polonorum (Florence 1631)
• Contradizione morale intorno al sospetto. Discorso nella morte del già generalissimo Valenstein (Pisa 1634)
• De Justinianaei saeculi moribus nonnullis (Florence 1637)
• Multa mulctrae Apologeticon Tyronis litterariii (Florence 1638)
• De dogmatum Origenis cum philosophia Platonis comparatione, Saelebrae Tertullianeae. De vita Christianorum ante tempora Constantini (Florence 1639)
• De Pythagorea animarum transmigratione (Pisa 1641)
• Della Disunita Accademia accrescimento, operetta di Paganino Gaudentio, nella quale l'autore insieme difende alcuni istorici contra l'accuse d'Agostino Mascardi (Pisa 1644)
• La Galleria dell'inclito Marino considerata vien dal Paganino con alcune composizioni dell'istesso Paganino (Pisa 1648)

literature

• Francesca Negroni: Paganino Gaudenzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 5, 2007 , accessed December 25, 2019 .
• Erich Wenneker :  Gaudenzi (Gaudenzio), Paganino. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 620-625.