FRANCESCO BACCARI. — Priest, architect, and ascetical writer, born at Lendinara (Rovigo) on 11 August 1747, died at Rome on 3 March 1835. At the age of sixteen he entered the Congregation of the Mission in Rome. After ordination he was assigned to missionary work and preaching to the clergy at Florence, Forlì, Fermo, and in almost every diocese of Romagna and the Marches. A skilled architect, he rendered notable service in enlarging and embellishing various houses of his religious family. He also designed and directed the construction of churches, such as the parish church of Saludecio (Rimini). He held distinguished offices among his confreres: he was superior in Rome, provincial visitor, and vicar general for Italy. He enjoyed the esteem of the Supreme Pontiffs from Pius VII to Gregory XVI, of artists, and of other eminent persons. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina of Fine Arts in Bologna. Among ecclesiastics, his work *Pratica del Confessionale*, 4 vols., published in Rome in 1827, was highly appreciated.
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