Benedetto Bacchini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Benedetto Bacchini

Italian historian and journalist

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1651

Place of Birth: Fidenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1721

Profession: librarian, historian, journalist, literary critic

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Benedetto Bacchini

  • Benedetto Bacchini or Bernardino Bacchini (August 31, 1651 – September 1, 1721) was an Italian monk and man of letters. Bacchini was born on August 31, 1651, at Borgo San Donnino, in the Duchy of Parma.
  • He studied at the Jesuit institution, and entered the Order of St.
  • Benedict in 1668, when he took the praenomen Bearnardin.
  • Prepared by his studies, he devoted his attention to preaching.
  • Having become secretary of the abbot of St.
  • Benedict of Ferrara, he accompanied him to Venice, Placentia, Parma, and Padua, and was known among the celebrated literati of the time.
  • In 1683 he devoted himself entirely to the study of literature.
  • In 1688 he became theologian of the duke of Parma, who desired to secure a man of such merit.
  • In 1689 he introduced into the regulations of the Benedictine Order of St.
  • Alexander of Parma certain modifications, which resulted in his being obliged to leave Parma.
  • The duke of Modena appointed him in 1691 counsellor of the Inquisition.
  • After some journeys in the interests of science, he refused the offers of cardinal Aguirre, who wished to retain him at Rome, and was appointed librarian of the duke.
  • In 1704 he was made prior of his order at Modena.
  • He received other ecclesiastical honors, and died at Ferrara, Sept.
  • 1, 1721. He wrote: Orazione nell'Esequie della Ser.
  • Margherita de Medici, Duchessa di Parma (1670); De Ecclesiasticae Hierarchiae Originibus Dissertatio (Modena, 1703).See Hoefer, Nouv.
  • Biog.
  • Generale, s.v. This article incorporates public domain material from the Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by McClintock and Strong.

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