CARLO FRANCESCO CAMOZZI. — Franciscan orientalist, born at Breno on 17 Sept. 1672; on 16 Dec. 1690 he took religious vows in the Order of Friars Minor; died on 28 Jan. 1745 in the convent of S. Francesco a Ripa in Rome. On 24 Nov. 1704 he was appointed lecturer in controversies at the missionary college of S. Pietro in Montorio. In 1709 he left this position because of an ear ailment.
He then devoted himself to writing for missionaries the *Manuale Missionariorum Orientalium* (2 vols. in-fol., Venice 1727). A compendium of this work appeared: *Epitome Manualis Missionariorum Orientalium*, Rome 1736.
These two works are of great value and are perhaps the first written specifically for missionaries in the East. They teach the method of such missions, especially among Muslims. Doctrinal and moral questions pertaining to Easterners are treated—precisely the subject matter that was taught at the College of S. Pietro in Montorio under the title “Controversies.” Of special importance for the method of mission is the “unique” treatise added to the second volume: *De instructione Missionariorum Apostolicorum*. Moreover, Fr. C. also composed a *Directorium mysticum secundum mentem divi Bonaventurae*, a work left incomplete and unpublished.