Benedetto Bacchini or Bernardino Bacchini (31 August 1651 – 1 September 1721) was an Italian monk and man of letters.
Biography
Bacchini was born on 31 August 1651, at
Borgo San Donnino
Fidenza ( Parmigiano: ; locally ) is a town and '' comune ''in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy. It has around 27,000 inhabitants. The town was renamed Fidenza in 1927, recalling its Roman name of ''Fidentia''; before, it was ...
, in the
Duchy of Parma
The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza ( it, Ducato di Parma e Piacenza, la, Ducatus Parmae et Placentiae), was an Italian state created in 1545 and located in northern Italy, in the current region of Emilia-Romagna.
Originally a realm of the Farnese ...
. He studied at the
Jesuit institution, and entered the
Order of St. Benedict
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, found ...
in 1668, when he took the
praenomen
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''Bernardino''. Prepared by his studies, he devoted his attention to preaching. Having become secretary of the abbot of St. Benedict of Ferrara, he accompanied him to
Venice
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,
Placentia, Parma, and
Padua
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, and was known among the celebrated literati of the time. In 1683 he devoted himself entirely to the study of literature. In 1688 he became theologian of the
duke of Parma
The Duke of Parma and Piacenza () was the ruler of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a historical state of Northern Italy, which existed between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1859.
The Duke of Parma was also Duke of Piacenza, except ...
, who desired to secure a man of such merit. In 1689 he introduced into the regulations of the Benedictine Order of St. Alexander of Parma certain modifications, which resulted in his being obliged to leave Parma. The
duke of Modena
Emperor Frederick III conferred Borso d'Este, Lord of Ferrara, with the Duchy of Modena and Reggio in 1452, while Pope Paul II formally elevated him in 1471 as Duke of Ferrara, over which the family had in fact long presided. This latter terri ...
appointed him in 1691 counsellor of the
Inquisition
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. After some journeys in the interests of science, he refused the offers of
cardinal Aguirre, who wished to retain him at Rome, and was appointed librarian of the duke. In 1704 he was made
prior of his order at Modena. He received other ecclesiastical honors, and died at
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
on 1 September 1721.
Main works
* ''Orazione nell'Esequie della Ser. Margherita de Medici, Duchessa di Parma'' (1670);
* ''De sistrorum Figuris ac Differentia… ob sistri romani effigiem communicatam, Dissertatio'' (Bologna, 1691);
* ''Anonymi Dialogi tres'' : ''de Constantia'' ; ''de Dignitate tuenda'' ; ''de Amore erga rempublicam'' (Modena, 1691);
* ''Istoria del Monastero di S. Benedetto di Polirone'' (Modena, 1696);
* ''De Ecclesiasticae Hierarchiae Originibus Dissertatio'' (Modena, 1703).
Bibliography
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17th-century Italian historians
Italian librarians
1651 births
1721 deaths
People from Fidenza
18th-century Italian historians
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