Nicolas Papini
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Nicolas Papini (c. 1751 – 16 December 1834) was an Italian monk and historian.
Life
[edit]Having entered the Order of the Conventuals he taught Italian literature at Modena, was secretary of the Provincial of Tuscany, custos of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, 1800(?)-1803, a short time guardian of Dodici Apostoli at Rome, and finally named Minister General of the Conventuals 1803-09. Later on he lived at Assisi and Terni, where he is buried.
Works
[edit]His printed works are:
- L'Etruria Francescana o vero raccolta di notizie storiche interessanti l'Ordine de FF. Minori Conventuali di S. Francesco in Toscana, I, Siena, 1797
- Notizie sicure della monte, sepoltura, canonizzazione e traslazione di S. Francesco d'Assisi e del ritrovamento del di lui corpo, 2nd ed., Foligno, 1824
- Storia del Perdono d'Assisi con documenti e osservazioni, Florence, 1824
- La Storia di S. Francesco di Assisi, opera critica, 2 vols., Foligno, 1827
References
[edit]- Paschal Robinson, A Short Introduction to Franciscan Literature (New York, 1907), 19, 44
- Sbaraleas und Papinis literarischer Nachlass in Historisches Jahrbuch, X (1889), 67-9
- Manuale dei Novizii e Professi Chierici e Laici Minori Conventuali (Rome, 1897), 278, 342
- Luigi Lanzi, Note e ricordi sulla Chiesa di S. Francesco in Terni in Miscellanea Francescana, IX (1902), 6-7
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nicholas Papini". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
