Guglielmo Audisio
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Guglielmo Audisio was an Italian Catholic priest and writer.
) by King Charles Albert, but was expelled from this office because he was opposed to the Piedmontese Government. He then went to Rome, where Pope Pius IX
appointed him professor of natural and popular rights in the Roman University, and Canon of the Vatican Basilica.
He was a fervent upholder of papal and Catholic rights in Piedmont. He was one of the founders of the Catholic intransigent paper, the Armonia of Turin. It was for this reason that he fell a victim to the anti-clerical influence which had deprived him of his post at Superga.
In Rome Audisio joined the liberal reformist Italian ecclesiastics, such as Monsignor Liverani, who advocated concessions. At the time of the First Vatican Council
he was accused of Gallicanism
, to the grief of his patron Pius IX, and his work on political and religious society in the nineteenth century was condemned by the Church. Audisio submitted to the condemnation of his book, but he warmly protested against the accusation of heterodoxy and disobedience.
The works of Audisio are:
Life
He was professor of sacred eloquence in the episcopal seminary of Bra, appointed presiding officer of the Academy of Superga (TurinTurin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
) by King Charles Albert, but was expelled from this office because he was opposed to the Piedmontese Government. He then went to Rome, where Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX
Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...
appointed him professor of natural and popular rights in the Roman University, and Canon of the Vatican Basilica.
He was a fervent upholder of papal and Catholic rights in Piedmont. He was one of the founders of the Catholic intransigent paper, the Armonia of Turin. It was for this reason that he fell a victim to the anti-clerical influence which had deprived him of his post at Superga.
In Rome Audisio joined the liberal reformist Italian ecclesiastics, such as Monsignor Liverani, who advocated concessions. At the time of the First Vatican Council
First Vatican Council
The First Vatican Council was convoked by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1868, after a period of planning and preparation that began on 6 December 1864. This twentieth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held three centuries after the Council of Trent, opened on 8 December 1869 and adjourned...
he was accused of Gallicanism
Gallicanism
Gallicanism is the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by the monarchs' authority or the State's authority—over the Catholic Church is comparable to that of the Pope's...
, to the grief of his patron Pius IX, and his work on political and religious society in the nineteenth century was condemned by the Church. Audisio submitted to the condemnation of his book, but he warmly protested against the accusation of heterodoxy and disobedience.
Works
His manual on sacred eloquence was translated into many languages. He also devoted himself to historical studies, especially in illustration of the papacy.The works of Audisio are:
- "Lezioni di Eloquenza Sacra" (several editions);
- "Juris Naturae et Gentium Publici Fundamenta" (Rome 1852);
- "Idea storica della diplomazia ecclesiastica (Rome, 1864);
- "Storia religiosa e civile dei papi" (5 vols., Rome, 1860);
- "Sistema politica e religiosa di Federico II e di Pietro della Vigna" (1866);
- "Della società politica e religiosa rispetto al secolo XIX" (Florence, 1876, condemned by decree of the Holy Office, April 1877;
- "Vita di Pio IX."