Camillo Almici (2 November 1714 – 30 December 1779
) was a
Catholic priest and academic of the
Congregation of the Oratory.
Biography
Almici was born at
Brescia, of a noble family.
He became a member of the Congregation of the Oratory at a very early age, and devoted himself to the study of
theology,
Greek, and
Hebrew
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, the
Bible,
chronology, religious and secular
history,
antiquities,
criticism,
diplomacy, and
liturgy. He gained a strong reputation among his contemporaries for his scholarship.
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 partisan history of the
Council of Trent.
He wrote under multiple pseudonyms, including Callimaco Limi, Callimaco Mili, and N. N.
[Authors named]
Almici
, Integrated Catalogue, the British Library. URL accessed 2006-09-20.
His brother
Giambattista Almici was a celebrated Italian
jurist.
Works
Of the many works he wrote, the principal are the following:
* (1766)
* (1770)
* (1765, 2 vols.)
* (1765)
References
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1714 births
1779 deaths
Religious leaders from Brescia
18th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests
Italian literary critics
Italian male writers
Italian biblical scholars
18th-century Italian historians
18th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians
Oratorians