AMAT, FELIX. - Historian and treatise writer, b. at Sabadell, in the province of Barcelona, in 1759, d. at Barcelona in 1824. Canon of Tarragona, abbot of St. Ildefonso in Madrid, confessor of Charles IV. His most important work is the Historia ecclesiastica, in 12 vols. (Madrid 1791; 2nd ed. Barcelona 1807). His Observaciones pacificas sobre la potestad ecclesiastica (Barcelona 1817) were placed on the Index. He also wrote on ethics, ascetics, and metaphysics.
Bibliography2 worksV. Oblet, s. v. in DThC, I. col. 935; J. Capelle, s. v. in DHG, II. col. 478.
BIBL.: V. Oblet, s. v. in DThC, I. col. 935; J. Capelle, s. v. in DHG, II. col. 478.
Meseguer, Giovanni. “Amat, felix.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 976. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/amat-felix.
MLA
Meseguer, Giovanni. “Amat, felix.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 976. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/amat-felix.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_amat_felix,
author = {Meseguer, Giovanni},
title = {Amat, felix},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {976},
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/amat-felix}
}
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