Francis Xavier Patrizi
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Francis Xavier Patrizi was an Italian Jesuit exegete.
to take refuge in England. Here, and afterwards at the Catholic University of Leuven
, Patrizi taught Scriptures to the Jesuit scholastics. When peace was restored at Rome, he again began to lecture in the Roman College. The revolution of 1870 ended his career as a teacher, and he found a home in the German-Hungarian College of Rome, remaining there till death.
His Latin is classical and found to be plodding by some. His work on interpretation has gone through many editions. The Gospel commentaries were meant especially to refute the Rationalism
of the time.
Life
He was the eldest son and heir of the Roman Count Patrizi, entered the Society of Jesus, 12 November, 1814, was ordained priest in 1824, and soon became professor of Sacred Scripture and Hebrew in the Roman College. The revolution of 1848 caused Patrizi and his fellow professor PerronePerrone
Perrone is an Italian surname, and may refer to:* Ciro Perrone* Diego Perrone* Elisabetta Perrone* Emanuel Perrone* Ettore Perrone di San Martino* Giovanni Perrone* Nico Perrone* Paul J. Perrone...
to take refuge in England. Here, and afterwards at the Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...
, Patrizi taught Scriptures to the Jesuit scholastics. When peace was restored at Rome, he again began to lecture in the Roman College. The revolution of 1870 ended his career as a teacher, and he found a home in the German-Hungarian College of Rome, remaining there till death.
Works
He wrote twenty-one biblical and ascetical works. Of the former the most important are:- De interpretatione scriptararum sacrarum (2 vols., Rome, 1844);
- De concensu 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 ApostlesActs of the ApostlesThe Acts of the Apostles , usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age...
; Rome, 1867); - Cento salmi tradotti litteralmente dal testo ebraico e commentati (a translation of the PsalmsPsalmsThe Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...
; 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. His work on interpretation has gone through many editions. The Gospel commentaries were meant especially to refute the Rationalism
Rationalism
In epistemology and in its modern sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" . In more technical terms, it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive"...
of the time.