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Buonanni, Filippo

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Also known as: Italian: Filippo Bonanni; Latin: Philippus Bonanni, Philippus Buonanni

BUONANNI, FILIPPO. - Jesuit, b. in Rome on 7 January 1638, d. there on 30 March 1725. He was librarian and archivist of the Roman College and distinguished himself in numismatics and statistics. His principal work is Numismata summorum pontificum templi Vaticanis fabricam indicantia (Rome 1696), undertaken on the advice of Monsignor Ciampini (v.); it is the first history of the great Basilica and is adorned with numerous plates.

Equally richly illustrated are the useful works Numismata pontificum romanorum a tempore Martini V

(Rome 1699); Ordinum religiosorum catalogus (ibid. 1706); Ordinum equestrium et militarium catalogus (ibid. 1711); La gerarchia ecclesiastica considerata nelle vesti sagre e civili (ibid. 1720); Catalogus provinciarum Societatis Iesu (ibid. 1679).

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BIBL.: Hutter, IV, p. 1195; G. Ferretto, Note storico-bibliografiche di archeologia cristiana, Rome 1942, p. 188.

Antonio Ferrua

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), coll. 219–220.

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Ferrua, Antonio. “Buonanni, filippo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 219–220. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/buonanni-filippo.

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Ferrua, Antonio. “Buonanni, filippo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 219–220. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/buonanni-filippo.

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  author    = {Ferrua, Antonio},
  title     = {Buonanni, filippo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {219--220},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/buonanni-filippo}
}

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