Charles Pietri
Charles Pietri | |
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Born | 18 April 1932 Marseille, France |
Died | 7 August 1991 Rome, Italy | (aged 59)
Occupation(s) | Historian, professor |
Charles Pietri (18 April 1932 – 7 August 1991) was a 20th-century French historian and university professor.
Biography
A former pupil at the
Work
With his wife Luce Pietri, Jean-Marie Mayeur, André Vauchez and Marc Venard, Pietri initiated a monumental Histoire du christianisme des origines à nos jours, published from 1992 to 2001 at Éditions Desclée de Brouwer and meant to replace the Histoire de l’Église by Augustin Fliche. He also directed, with Luce Pietri, the second volume of the Prosopographie chrétienne du bas-empire on Italy (2000), an endeavour started by Jean-Rémy Palanque and Henri-Irénée Marrou. Contributors to the two-volume prosopography on Italy included Janine Desmulliez, Christine Friasse-Coué, Élisabeth Paoli-Lafaye, Charles Pietri, Luce Pietri, and Claire Sotinel.
Pietri authored other works and articles fundamental to the historic understanding of ancient Christianity:
- Le Monde latin antique et la Bible, with Jacques Fontaine, vol. II of the series "Bible de tous les temps", 1985
- Christiana respublica : éléments d'une enquête sur le christianisme antique, series of the École Française de Rome, 1997
Honours
- Chevalier, Légion d'honneur
- Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Officier, Ordre national des lettres
- Officier, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Commander, Order of St Gregory the Great
- Member of the Pontifical Academy of Archaeology[2]
References
- ^ Chamoux, François (1991). "Allocution à l'occasion du décès de M. Charles Pietri, correspondant français de l'Académie". Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 135 (3): 512–513.
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