ANTONELLI, NICOLA MARIA. – Born in Senigallia on 8 July 1698, died in Rome on 24 September 1767. Cardinal, historian, canonist, and Orientalist. He also served as secretary of Propaganda Fide, as a consulting member, and as prefect of various congregations.
He wrote: De Titulis quos s. Evaristus Romanis Presbyteris distribuit (Rome 1725), to defend the parochial character of the churches of primitive Rome; and under the name of Emmanuele de Azevedo S. I.: Vetus Missale Romanum Monasticum Lateranense (Rome 1752). The Dimostrazioni published by him under the title Sermones s. Patris Iacobi ep. Nisibeni (Armenian text and Latin translation), following the erroneous attribution to Gennadius of Marseille, were later reassigned, in their Syriac text, to the Syrian Aphraates by Cureton.