- Camillo Almici
Camillo Almici (
2 November 1714 —30 December 1779 Catholic] ) was a priest of theCongregation of the Oratory , of distinguished theological attainments.Almici was born at
Brescia , of a noble family newgenbio|Almici, Camillo] . He became a member of the Congregation of the Oratory at a very early age, and devoted himself to the study oftheology , Greek, and Hebrew, theBible ,chronology , sacred and profanehistory ,antiquities ,criticism ,diplomacy , andliturgy , and was held in much esteem for his great and wide learning. Amongst his contemporaries, he was regarded as an oracle upon many subjects, and is looked upon as one of the most celebrated theologians of his order.He has left critical reflections on the work of Febronius's "De Statu Ecclesiae" (1763), together with some treatises, part of which are still in manuscript. His "Méditations sur la vie et les écrits du P. Sarpi" is a critical examination of
Paolo Sarpi 's unreliable history of theCouncil of Trent .He wrote under multiple pseudonyms, including Callimaco Limi, Callimaco Mili, and N. N. [Authors named " [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/NAQ3TI65B6D3V39M7IDLDQRF6DVNHRQ86JSD8IA5XNQYTH8FXX-64155?func=find-b&request=almici&find_code=WNA&adjacent=N&image.x=56&image.y=8 Almici] ", Integrated Catalogue, the British Library. URL accessed 2006-09-20.]
His brother
Giambattista Almici was a celebrated Italianjurist .Works
Of the many works he wrote, the principal are the following:
* "Riflessioni sù di un libro di G. Febronio" (1766)
* "Critica contro le opere del pericoloso Voltaire" (1770)
* "Dissertazione spora i Martiri della Chiesa cattolica" (1765, 2 vols.)
* "Méditations sur la vie et les écrits du P. Sarpi" (1765)References
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