Francis Xavier Patrizi

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Francis Xavier Patrizi (Rome, 19 June 1797 – Rome, 23 April 1881) was an Italian

Life

He was the eldest son and heir of the

He wrote twenty-one biblical and ascetical works. Of the former the most important are:[1]

• De interpretatione scriptararum sacrarum (2 vols., Rome, 1844)
• De consensu utriusque libri Machabæorum (Rome, 1856)
• De Evangeliis (3 vols., Freiburg im Breisgau, 1853)
• In Joannem commentarium (Rome, 1857)
• In Marcum commentarium (Rome, 1862)
• In Actus Apostolorum commentarium (Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles; Rome, 1867)
• Cento salmi tradotti litteralmente dal testo ebraico e commentati (a translation of the Psalms; Rome, 1875)
• De interpretatione oraculorum ad Christum pertinentium (Rome, 1853)
• De immaculata Mariæ origine (Origin of the
  Virgin Mary
  ; Rome, 1853)
• Delle parole di San Paolo: In quo omnes peccaverunt (Rome, 1876)

His Latin is classical and found to be plodding by some.^{[by whom?]} His work on interpretation has gone through many editions. The Gospel commentaries were meant especially to refute the Rationalism of the time.^[1]

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Drum, Walter (1913). "Francis Xavier Patrizi". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. This work cites:
  • Hurter in Kirchenlexicon, s. v.
  • Sommervogel
    , Bibliothèque de la C. de J., VI, 366-69
  • Cività Cattolica, 11th series, VI, 491.