ABATI, ALESSANDRO. - Bishop of Toscanella and Viterbo, b. in Rome, 8 July 1681, d. in Viterbo in 1748. Having entered the prelature, he became secretary of the Congregation of the Council and titular bishop of Philadelphia, then bishop of Toscanella and Viterbo (12 July 1731). He was a restorer of his diocese.
There remain by him, among other things, homilies and moral discourses and the Constitutiones of the first diocesan synod. On the work carried out by him to honor the relics of St. Savinus and of five other martyrs found on 30 Aug. 1746, see Ragguaglio della prodigiosa invenzione de' corpi e reliquie di sei santi seguita nell'insigne collegiata di S. Angelo in Viterbo ecc. (1746).
Bibliography2 worksMazzuchelli, I, p. 11; Cappelletti, VI, pp. 166-67.
BIBL.: Mazzuchelli, I, p. 11; Cappelletti, VI, pp. 166-67.
Pecchiai, Pio. “Abati, alessandro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 15. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/abati-alessandro.
MLA
Pecchiai, Pio. “Abati, alessandro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 15. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/abati-alessandro.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_abati_alessandro,
author = {Pecchiai, Pio},
title = {Abati, alessandro},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {15},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/abati-alessandro}
}
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