Andrea Gallandi (born at
Venice
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, 7 December 1709; died there 12 January 1779, or 1780) was an Italian
Oratorian An Oratorian is a member of one of the following religious orders:
* Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (Roman Catholic), who use the postnominal letters C.O.
* Oratory of Jesus (Roman Catholic)
* Oratory of the Good Shepherd (Anglican)
* Teologisk Orator ...
and
patristic
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scholar.
Life
He pursued his theological and historical studies under two
Dominicans,
Daniello Concina, a moralist, and
Bernardo de Rossi (de Rubeis), a noted historical scholar and theologian. With both of these instructors he kept up a friendship after he had joined the
Oratory of St. Philip Neri.
Works
He established his reputation as a scholar by compiling the work of reference: ''Bibliotheca veterum patrum antiquorumque scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Græco-Latina'' (Venice, 1765–81, 14 vols.; 2nd ed., 1788). The work was dedicated to the
Venetian Senate
The Senate ( vec, Senato), formally the ''Consiglio dei Pregadi'' or ''Rogati'' (, la, Consilium Rogatorum), was the main deliberative and legislative body of the Republic of Venice.
Establishment
The Venetian Senate was founded in 1229, or l ...
, but Gallandi did not live to see its completion. It is a collection of 380 ecclesiastical writers of the first seven centuries. Gallandi gathered together the smaller and less known writings. Greek originals were printed in good type with Latin translations, and copious notes relative to the authors and their works were added.
He also published a collection of the treatises of famous
canonist
Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is the ...
s (
Pierre Coustant,
Girolamo and Pietro Ballerini, etc.) on the origin and development of canon law, which was entitled ''De vetustis canonum collectionibus dissertationum sylloge''(Venice, 1778, 1 vol. folio; Mainz, 1790, 2 vols.). At his death Gallandi left a work which has not been published: ''Thesaurus antiquitatis ecclesiasticæ historico-apologetico-criticus complectens SS. patrum gesta et scripta doctissimorum virorum dissertationibus asserta et illustrata ac juxta seriem XII sec. digesta''.
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1709 births
18th-century deaths
18th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians
Oratorians