DELFINI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Philosopher and theologian of the Conventual Franciscans, b. at Pomponesco (Cremona) on 26 March 1507, d. at Bologna on 5 Sept. 1561. He was regent in various Studia of the Order; inquisitor of Romagna (1550-59), professor of metaphysics and logic at the University of Bologna (1553-1559) and apostolic vicar general of the Order (1559-1561). A theologian at the Council of Trent in its first and second periods (1545-47; 1551-52), he distinguished himself in the various congregations "de iustificatione" and "de Sacramentis". For the third period (1562-63) he had prepared a short work entitled: De tractandis in Concilio Oecumenico (Rome 1561), but, having died prematurely, he could not see its realization.
Among his writings are remembered: De cultu Dei et Sanctorum (Bologna 1549); De potestate ecclesiastica (Venice 1549); De Ecclesia (Venice 1552); De salutari... progressu (Camerino 1553); De matrimonio et coelibatu contra horum temporum impios et haereticos homines (ibid. 1553); Didactica methodus rerum logicalium (Bologna 1554);
Dialectica (ibid. 1555). In them D. reveals himself, besides being a philosopher and theologian of worth, as a skilful and resolute controversialist.
Bibliography11 worksConc. Trid., ed. Gorresiana, I, V, IX, XI, passim; XII, pp. 651-58; XIII, pp. 72-81, 364-83; Wadding, Scriptores, (1906), p. 120; Hurter, II
BIBL.:Conc. Trid., ed. Gorresiana, I, V, IX, XI, passim; XII, pp. 651-58; XIII, pp. 72-81, 364-83; Wadding, Scriptores, (1906), p. 120; Hurter, III, col. 155; F. Lauchert, Der ital. Franzisburger Joh. Delphinus, in Zeitschrift für Anth. Theologie, 34 (1910), pp. 39-70 and 414-17; id., Die ital. literar. Gegner Luthers, Freiburg im Br. 1912, pp. 487-536; Sbarales, II, pp. 30-31, 300; L. Garani, De Eccl. natura et constit. Doctrina I. A. Delphini, Padua 1943, pp. 11-35; G. Odoardi, Padre e teologi O. F. M. conv. al Conc. di Trento, in Misc. franc., 47 (1947), pp. 336-38; 353, 370-71.
Odoardi, Giovanni. “Delfini, giovanni antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1356–1357. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/delfini-giovanni-antonio.
MLA
Odoardi, Giovanni. “Delfini, giovanni antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1356–1357. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/delfini-giovanni-antonio.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_delfini_giovanni_antonio,
author = {Odoardi, Giovanni},
title = {Delfini, giovanni antonio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1356--1357},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/delfini-giovanni-antonio}
}
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