Antonio Sandini

Antonio Sandini
Born1 July 1692 
Died23 February 1751  (aged 58)
Padua 
OccupationHistorian, librarian 

Antonio Sandini (30 June 1692 – 23 February 1751, Padua, Italy) was an Italian ecclesiastical historian.

Through the interest of his bishop, cardinal Rezzonico (later pope Clement XIII), Sandini became a librarian[1] and professor of ecclesiastical history at the seminary at Padua.[2]

He is known principally by his Vitae Pontificum Romanorum (Ferrara, 1748; reprinted under the title Basis Historiae Ecclesiasticae). He also wrote Historiae Familiae Sacrae, Hist. SS. Apostolorum, Disputationes XX ex. Hist. Eccles., and Dissertations in Defence of his Hist. Fam. Sac.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bilbioteca Seminario Padua website, Historial Note
  2. ^ Bibliothéque Nationale de France website, Antonio Sandini
  3. ^ University of Pennsylvania Library website, Antonio Sandini

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.


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