AMMIRATO, SCIPIONE. — Historian, born at Lecce on 27 September 1531, died at Florence in 1601; at Lecce his ancestors, originally from Florence, had settled there in the retinue of Carlo d’Angiò. He led an adventurous life and served several individuals as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and a quiet occupation in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 the latter commissioned him to write the complete history of Florence, which he recounted in 35 books, from its origins to the death of Cosimo (1574). He was highly industrious and wrote extensively, but I discorsi su Tacito and le Storie Fiorentine are considered his most important works. He introduced no new con-
a document for legal purposes, etc., may assume the character of a number of juridical institutions.
Leaving aside the antiquated or less-used meanings in our language, three institutions of canon law deserve particular attention: the admissio ad officium ecclesiasticum, the admissio in religionem, and the admissio libelli litis introductorii.
The admissio ad officium ecclesiasticum (can. 148, § 1) occurs when the superior consents to the postulatio, that is, to the appointment to an office of someone who would be impeded from it by ecclesiastical law, from which it is customary to dispense (can. 179 ff.). In itself, this admission has no particular significance except insofar as it follows the special requirements of the postulatio (v. POSTULAZIONE).
The admissio in religionem is the parallel institution to incardination (v. INCARDINAZIONE) and adscriptio, and is dealt with throughout tit. XI of bk. I of the CIC. Properly speaking, it refers to three distinct, although connected and consecutive, phases of entry into religious life: postulancy (cann. 539–41), novitiate (cann. 542–71), and profession (cann. 572–86). And although not all the canons cited directly concern the act of admission, nor can all of them be referred to its effects, they nevertheless all fall within the scope either of that act or of those effects. It is not without reason that the title is inscribed de admissione in religionem and has a preliminary canon (can. 538) from which the entire title draws its inspiration. In practice, the conditions prescribed for admission to the novitiate (can. 542) and for admission to profession (can. 572) deserve particular examination.
The admissio libelli litis introductorii is an institution characteristic of canonical procedure, especially contentious procedure, in the initial phase of the introduction of the case. It is in fact prescribed that the judge, having received the introductory pleading of the suit or the oral petition (cann. 1706–1708), must, after a preliminary examination, rule within one month on its admission or rejection (cann. 1709–10).