LUCIUS - Enciclopedia Cattolica, Vol. VII, p. 984

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LUCIUS: See LUCEORIA.

LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. - Founder of Croatian critical historiography, born in Traù in September 1604, died in Rome on 11 January 1679.

He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings by ancient and contemporary historians (in the appendix the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS). It covers the period from the beginnings up to 1420, and briefly up to 1480, and is also limited territorially, namely to old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

BIBL.: F. Rački, *Povijestnik Ivan Lučić Traguri*, in *Rad. Jugoslav. Akad.*, 49 (1879), pp. 65-102; V. Brunelli, *G. L.*, in *Rivista dalmatica*, Zara, 1889, 1900, 1901; F. Šišić, *Priručnik izvora hrvatske historije* (*Enchiridion fontium historiae Croaticae*), I, Zagreb, 1914, pp. 51-60.He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings of the most ancient and contemporary historians (in an appendix the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS). It deals with the period from the beginnings up to 1420, and then briefly to 1480, and is also territorially limited, namely to Old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva and to the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.

LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. – Founder of Croatian critical historiography, b. at Traù in September 1604, d. at Rome on 11 Jan. 1679.

He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings of the most ancient and contemporary historians (in an appendix the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS). It deals with the period from the beginnings up to 1420, and then briefly to 1480, and is also territorially limited, namely to Old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva and to the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. — Founder of Croatian critical historiography, born in Traù in September 1604, died in Rome on 11 January 1679.

He studied in Rome and Padua and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which includes many archival documents and writings by ancient and contemporary historians (in an appendix, the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANO). It covers the period from the beginnings up to 1420, and briefly to 1480, and is also limited territorially, namely to old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

BIBL.: F. Rački, *Povijestnik Ivan Lučić Traguri*, in *Rad. Jugoslav. Akad.*, 49 (1879), pp. 65-102; V. Brunelli, G. L., in *Rivista dalmatica*, Zara, 1889, 1900, 1901; F. Šišić, *Priručnik izvora hrvatske historije* (*Enchiridion fontium historiae Croaticae*), I, Zagreb, 1914, pp. 51-60.

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings by ancient and contemporary historians (with an appendix containing the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS). It covers the period from the beginnings up to 1420, and then briefly to 1480, and is also geographically limited—that is, to Old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva, and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.

LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. – Founder of Croatian critical historiography, born at Traù in September 1604, died in Rome on 11 January 1679.

He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings by ancient and contemporary historians (with an appendix containing the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS). It covers the period from the beginnings up to 1420, and then briefly to 1480, and is also geographically limited—that is, to Old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva, and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings by ancient and contemporary historians (with an appendix containing the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS), covering the period from its beginnings up to 1420, and briefly to 1480, and geographically restricted to the old Croatia from Mount Gvozd to the Neretva and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.

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LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. — Founder of Croatian critical historiography, b. at Traù in September 1604, d. at Rome on 11 Jan. 1679.

He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings by ancient and contemporary historians (with an appendix containing the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS), covering the period from its beginnings up to 1420, and briefly to 1480, and geographically restricted to the old Croatia from Mount Gvozd to the Neretva and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. – Founder of critical Croatian historiography, born in Traù in September 1604, died in Rome on 11 January 1679.

He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which reproduces many archival documents and writings by ancient and contemporary historians (in an appendix the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS). It covers the period from the beginnings up to 1420, and briefly up to 1480, and is also limited territorially, namely to old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva and to the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings of ancient and contemporary historians (in an appendix the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS), covering the period from its beginnings up to 1420, and then briefly to 1480, and geographically limited to the old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.

LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. – Founder of Croatian critical historiography, b. at Traù in September 1604, d. at Rome on 11 Jan. 1679.

He studied in Rome and Padua, and wrote: *Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis* (Rome 1657); but his most important work is *De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex* (Amsterdam, 1666; 2nd ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, *Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini*, III, Vienna, 1748; the 3rd ed., ibid. 1738, is defective), which contains many archival documents and writings of ancient and contemporary historians (in an appendix the unpublished *Historia Salvatissima* by the Split archdeacon ROMANUS), covering the period from its beginnings up to 1420, and then briefly to 1480, and geographically limited to the old Croatia from Mount Gvozda to the Neretva and the Dalmatian cities and islands. Other important works: *Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù* (Venice, 1673), *Inscriptiones Dalmaticae* etc. (ibid. 1673).

Studiò a Roma e a Padova, scrisse: Vita beati Ioannis episcopi Traguriensis (Roma 1657); ma l'opera più importante è De regno Dalmatiae et Croatae libri sex (Amsterdam, 1666; 2a ed. in I. G. Schwandtner, Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum, Dalmaticarum et Slavonicarum veteres ac genuini, III, Vienna, 1748; la 3a ed., ivi 1738, è difettosa), che riporta molti documenti d'archivio e scritti degli storici più antichi e contemporanei (in appendice l'inedita Historia Salvatissima dello spalato Romano Arcidiacono) la quale tratta del periodo che va dagli esordi sino al 1420, e poi brevemente fino al 1480, e si limita anche territorio-rialmente, cioè alla vecchia Croazia dal Monte Gvozda sino alla Naretta e alle città ed isole dalmatie. Altre opere importanti: Memorie storiche di Tragurio ora detto Traù (Venezia, 1673), Inscriptiones Dalmaticae etc. (ivi 1673).

BIBL.: F. Rački, Povijestnik Ivan Lučić Traguri, in Rad. Jugoslav. Akad., 49 (1879), pp. 65-102; V. Brunelli, G. L., in Rivista dalmatica, Zara, 1889, 1900, 1901; F. Šišić, Priručnik izvora hrvatske historije (Enchiridion fontium historiae Croaticae), I, Zagreb, 1914, pp. 51-60.

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.

LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. - Fondatore della storiografia critica croata, n. a Traù nel sett. 1604, m. a Roma l'11 gen. 1679.

LUCIUS: V. LUCERNA.

LUCIUS (Lucio, Lucio), GIOVANNI. - Fondatore della storiografia critica croata, n. a Traù nel sett. 1604, m. a Roma l'11 gen. 1679.

scìo l'uomo solo, perduto nella fredda indifferenza di un universo muto e glaciale (III, 825-30, 957-1007), sempre insaziato: «Nec tamen explemur vitai fructibus unquam» (III, 1007; cf. V, 1274-79; 1407-29), accasciato dall'incubo della morte inevitabile (VI, 1238-46). L'amarezza triste e sconsolata che pervade tutto il poema è un'ulteriore conferma della radicale insufficienza del materialismo alla liberazione e alla felicità dell'uomo.

L'influsso lucreziano va da Cicerone, Virgilio, Orazio, Properzio, Ovidio, Manilio, attraverso la letteratura cristiana antica e medievale, fino a noi, provocando anche un poema di confutazione: Anti-Lucrétius, II. 9 del card. De Polignac (Parigi 1749).

BIBL.: Edizioni: Editio princeps, Brescia 1479; altre edizioni di C. Lachmann, Berlino 1850 e 1882; H. Munro, Cambridge 1864; C. Giussani, Torino 1866-68; A. Ernoul, nella collezione: Les Belles Lettres, Parigi 1920; 7a ed. 1914; A. Ernoul-L. Robin, Lucrece, commentaire exégétique et critique, 3 voll., Parigi 1925; Il poema della natura, testo latino e versione poetica di P. Parrella, I (II. 1-111), Bologna 1943; II (II. IV-VII), 1914; Studii: C. Martha, Le poème de Lucrece, Parigi 1867 (molte edd.); J. Philipp, Lucrece dans la théologie chrétienne du IIIe au XIIIe siècle et spécialement dans les écoles carolingiennes, in Revue de l'histoire des religions, 32 (1855), pp. 284-302; 33 (1866), pp. 19-36, 125-162; C. Giussani, Studi lucreziani, Torino 1866; E. Bignone, Per la fortuna di L. e dell'epicureismo nel medioevo, in Rivista di fil. class., 48 (1920), pp. 230 seq.; id., Storia della letteratura latina, II. Firenze 1945, pp. 114-342; P. Vallette, La doctrine de l'âme chez Lucrece, in Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuse, 1934, p. 1 seq.; G. Della Valle, T. L. C. e l'épicureismo campano, 2a ed., Napoli 1935; A. Traglia, Sulla formazione spirituale di L., Roma 1948; L. Ferrero, Poetica nuova in L., Firenze 1940.