Federico Maria Zinelli (23 June 1805 – 24 November 1879) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest, from 1861 until his death as bishop of Treviso. A member of the De Fide Commission, Zinelli wrote the third chapter of ''

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'', which defines the doctrine of

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Life

Of noble birth in

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, Zinelli was ordained a deacon on 22 September 1827 and a priest on 26 December 1827. He became known for his high culture and rigid theological positions.Gianpaolo Romanato, ''Pio X alle origini del cattolicesimo contemporaneo'' (Lindau Editore, I Leoni, 2014), p. 195 In 1832, Zinelli published ''Dei due metodi analitico e sintetico'' ("Of the two methods analytical and synthetic"). He became director of the seminary of Venice, then canon theologian of

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and vicar general of the

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. On 23 August 1861, the Habsburg government of the

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nominated him as bishop of Treviso, to succeed Giovanni Antonio Farina, and the appointment was confirmed by

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on 30 September.David Cheney
Bishop Federico Maria Zinelli †
catholic-hierarchy.org, accessed 10 October 2021 Zinelli took part in the

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in Rome between 1869 and 1870, interrupted by the

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by the forces of

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during the

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. He was appointed as a member of the De Fide Commission, chaired by Luigi Maria Cardinal Bilio, and was the author of the third chapter of ''

'', which defines the doctrine of

. In April 1875, Zinelli appointed

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(the future

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) as

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of his diocese. In the summer of the same year he was struck down by

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and was almost unable to continue as a bishop.Romanato (2014), p. 184 However, he continued in office until his death in 1879, when Giuseppe Sarto issued the following statement: The body of Zinelli was buried first in a tomb within the new church of Santa Bona di Treviso, which he had had built. In 1931, his remains were moved to the chapel of Our Lady in

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and are now with those of other bishops of Treviso in the crypt.

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Dei due metodi analitico e sintetico discorso dell'abate Federico Maria Zinelli
(Venice, 1832) {{DEFAULTSORT:Zinelli, Federico Maria 1805 births 1879 deaths 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Treviso Clergy from Venice