Jeremiah Benettis (died 1774) was an Italian

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and Friar Minor Capuchin. He belonged to the Province of

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in Italy, and wrote two historical treatises. The first, titled ''Chronica et critics historiæ sacrae et profanæ'', deals with various

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questions and the religious rites and ceremonies of ancient peoples, and was written with a view to facilitate the study of the

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. In the second work, titled ''Privilegiorum S. Petri vindicia'', he gives a history of the primacy of the

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