- Ferdinando Ughelli
Ferdinando Ughelli (
21 March ,1595 -19 May ,1670 ) was an ItalianCistercian monk and church historian.Biography
He was born in
Florence . He entered theCistercian Order and was sent to theGregorian University inRome , where he studied under theJesuits Francesco Piccolomini andJohn de Lugo . He filled many important posts in his order, being Abbot ofBadia a Settimo near Florence, and, from 1638, Abbot ofTre Fontane in Rome. He was skilled in ecclesiastical history. To encourage him in this work and to defray the expense of the journeys it entailed, PopeAlexander VII granted him an annual pension of 500scudi . He was aconsultor of theIndex Librorum Prohibitorum and theologian to Cardinal Carlo de' Medici; he was frequently offered the episcopal dignity, which he refused. He was buried in his abbatial church.Literary works
His chief work is "Italia sacra sive de episcopis Italae" ["Sacred Italy, or Concerning the Bishops of Italy"] (9 vols, 1643-1662), re-edited with corrections and additions by Nicola Coleti (1717-1722), with a tenth volume. In compiling this work, he frequently had to deal with matters not previously treated by historians; as a result, the "Italia sacra", owing to the imperfections of historical science in Ughelli's day, especially from the point of view of criticism and diplomatics, contains serious errors, particularly as the author was more intent on collecting than on weighing documents. Nevertheless his work with all its imperfections was necessary to facilitate the labours of critical historians of a later day, and is consulted even now. In the last volume of the "Italia sacra" he published various historical sources until then unedited.
Among his other writings are:
* "Cardinalium elogia ex sacro ordine cisterciensi" (1624): elogies on the writers and saints of his order and the papal privileges granted to it;
* "Columnensis familiae cardinalium imagines" (1650): "vita e" of the Cardinal from theColonna family.
* genealogical works on the Counts of Marsciano (1667) and the Capizucchi (1653);
* "Aggiunte" ("additions") to the "Vitae et res gestae pontificum" by Ciaconius (Alphonso Ciaconio ).Notes
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*Catholic [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15119b.htm]
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/directory.jsp?letter=C&partition=9&pageNum=4 jewishencyclopedia.com]
* [http://urban.hunter.cuny.edu/~thead/monks.htm] , [http://www.digento.de/titel/100868.html]
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