ADRAGNA, Antonio Maria. — Born in Trapani on 1 Oct. 1818, he professed as a Conventual Franciscan on 2 Oct. 1839, was ordained priest in 1841, and earned his doctorate at the College of St. Bonaventure in Rome (1844). He later taught theology (Würzburg, Assisi, Perugia, Palermo). Called to Rome by Pius IX in 1861 as a consultor to the Holy Office, he became one of the eight members of the “Dogmatic Commission” preparing for Vatican Council I and played an active role (1866). Elected Minister General in 1852, he was forced into exile in Holland and Belgium during the period of government suppression of religious orders. He resigned in 1879 and retired to the College of Vatican Penitentiaries in Rome, where he died on 14 Oct. 1890.
Of his theological work, his *Voti* remain and were highly esteemed; among his lost writings are a *Quaesitum* and a valuable commentary on the *Divine Comedy* (cf. *L’Osservatore Romano*, 17 Apr. 1914).