Angelo Mai ( Italian: Angelo Mai ; March 7, 1782 , Skilpario , Sardinian Kingdom - September 8, 1854 , Castel Gandolfo , Papal States ) - Italian cardinal and philologist . Prefect of the Holy Congregation of the Index from March 11, 1843 to September 21, 1848. Prefect of the Holy Congregation of the Council of Trent from 1851 to July 1853. Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from June 27, 1853 to September 8, 1854. Cardinal in pectore from May 19, 1837 to February 12, 1838. Cardinal - priest since February 12, 1838, with the title of the Church of Sant Anastasia from February 15, 1838.
| His Eminence Cardinal | |||
| Angelo May | |||
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| Angelo mai | |||
 Cardinal priest with the title of the church of Sant Anastasia . | |||
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| June 27, 1853 - September 8, 1854 | |||
| Church | Roman catholic church | ||
| Predecessor | Cardinal Luigi Lambruschini | ||
| Successor | Cardinal Antonio Tosti | ||
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| Death | |||
| Holy Order | October 10, 1806 | ||
| Cardinal with | May 19, 1837 | ||
He is known as the publisher of a number of previously unknown texts that he discovered while serving first in the Ambrosian and then in the Vatican libraries . Often the texts with which he worked were hidden in palimpsests and he used gallic acid to detect them. In particular, an extensive fragment of Cicero's treatise on the state was discovered in this way.
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Proceedings
- 3 References
- 4 notes
Biography
Angelo Mai was born into a modest family in Skilpario , currently part of the province of Bergamo , Lombardy . In 1799, he joined the Society of Jesus and in 1804 became a teacher of classical languages in Naples . After completing his education at the College of Rome , he lived for some time in Orvieto , where he was engaged in teaching and paleontological research. Although he then returned to Rome , the deteriorating relationship of the apostolic throne with Napoleonic France and the subsequent occupation of Rome by General in 1808 forced May to move to Milan , where in 1813 he became the keeper of the Ambrosian library.
There, he devoted all his energy to the study of manuscripts entrusted to him, and over the next six years he was able to return to the world a large number of previously considered lost works. After leaving the company of Jesus, he accepted the invitation to take a similar post at the Vatican Library. In 1833, he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Propaganda of Faith . February 12, 1838 he became a cardinal.
Angelo May died in Castel Gandolfo on September 8, 1854.
Proceedings
Links
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119258056 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ http://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1837.htm#Mai
| Predecessor: Cardinal Giacomo Giustiniani | Prefect of the Holy Congregation Index March 11, 1843 - September 21, 1848 | Successor: Cardinal Giacomo Luigi Brignole |
| Predecessor: Cardinal Pietro Austini | Prefect of the Holy Congregation of Trent Cathedral 1851 - July 153 | Successor: Cardinal Antonio Maria Caggiano de Atsevedo |