LEPIDI, ALBERTO. - Dominican philosopher and theologian, b. at Popoli (Abruzzo) in 1838, d. at Rome

(phot. Gab. fot. naz.)

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Central fresco on the ceiling of the gallery of Palazzo Colonna depicting the battle of L. Work by Giov. Coli and Fil. Gherardi (1675-78) - Rome.

in 1922. He studied in Rome and Viterbo. In 1870 he was sent to restore theological studies in the French province. In 1874 he moved to Louvain. In 1885 he was recalled to Rome to head the College of St. Thomas, and there he held the chair of theology with distinction. In 1897 he left teaching, having been appointed master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace.

Principal works: Examen philosophico-theologicum de ontologismo (Louvain 1874); Elementa philosophiae christianae (3 vols., Paris-Louvain 1875-79); La critica della ragion pura secondo Kant (Rome 1894); Explication dogmatique sur le culte du Coeur Eucharistique de Jésus (new ed. edited by D. Hugon, Paris 1926).

Bibliography

BIBL.: G. Sestili, Il p. A.L. e la sua filosofia, Turin-Rome 1930.

Giacomo Soleri

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Lepidi, Alberto

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