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Antonio da Pisticci

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ANTONIO da PISTICCI. - Franciscan missionary. From Rome, where he studied Oriental languages at the missionary college of S. Pietro in Montorio, he set out in 1670 for Egypt. On 5 October 1677 he was appointed prefect of the mission, and in 1680 he was guardian of the convent in Cairo. He worked successfully for the union of the Copts and of the monks of Mount Sinai with the Catholic Church.

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BIBL.: D. de Gubernatis, Orbis Scriptorum... de Missionibus, II, Quaracchi 1886; T. Somigli, Etiopia Francescana nei documenti dei secoli XVII e XVIII, Quaracchi 1928; A. Kleinhans, Historia studi linguale arabicae et collecti missionum O.F.M. in conventu ad S. Petrum in Monte Aureo, Quaracchi 1930.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 1555–1556.

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Maarschalkerweerd, Pancrazio. “Antonio da Pisticci.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 1555–1556. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/antonio-da-pisticci.

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Maarschalkerweerd, Pancrazio. “Antonio da Pisticci.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 1555–1556. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/antonio-da-pisticci.

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  author    = {Maarschalkerweerd, Pancrazio},
  title     = {Antonio da Pisticci},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1555--1556},
  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/antonio-da-pisticci}
}

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