Silvio Antoniano

Silvio Antoniano (31 December, 1540, Rome - 16 August, 1603, Rome) was an Italian cardinal, and writer on education.

Life and writings

He was educated at the University of Ferrara, were he was Doctor of Laws (1556) and appointed professor of classical literature. In 1563 Pope Pius IV appointed him to the chair of belles-lettres in Sapienza University, a position in which he worked with St. Charles Borromeo. In 1566 he resiged the chair, and took up the study of theology under the direction of St. Philip Neri and was ordained priest on 12 June, 1568.

With the advent of Italian humanism in the late sixteenth century, Antoniano devoted himself to the study of educational problems and at the instance of St. Charles Borromeo, wrote his principal work on the Christian education of children, ("Tre libri dell' educazione cristiana de' figliuoli", Verona, 1583.) Clement VIII appointed Antoniano Secretary of Papal Briefs (1593), and created him cardinal, on 3 March, 1599. His work passed through several editions in Italian and was translated into French by Guignard (Troyes, 1856; Paris, 1873), and into German by Kunz (Freiburg, 1888). The other writings of Antoniano, many of which have not been published, deal with literary, historical, and liturgical subjects. Their author was one of the compilers of the Roman Catechism and a member of the commission charged by Clement VIII with the revision of the Breviary.

Bibliography

Biographical sketches prefixed to French and German translations of his works:
*CASTIGLIONE, "Silvii Antoniano vita" (Rome, 1610)
*MAZZUCHELLI, "Gli scrittori d'Italia" (Brescia, 1753)

References

*Catholic