MALATESTA, ONOFRIO. - Theologian of the Order of Minims, b. in Palermo on 8 Sept. 1665, d. in Rome on 7 Jan. 1749. A religious at sixteen, he taught philosophy, theology and Sacred Scripture for over twenty years. He also distinguished himself as an orator.

Principal works: La crusca de la Trinacria, Vucabulariu sicilianu (4 vols., published only in part, Palermo 1706); the manuscript portion, of which copies were made, still exists; it is the most voluminous dialect vocabulary (on whose compilation M. spent eleven years), which served as a guide to later writers; furthermore, Vita s. Alivae virginis et martyris (Rome 1716); Notizie storiche della chiesa di S. Andrea delle Fratte (unpublished, in the Casanatense Library, in the Miscellanea Terribilini delle chiese di Roma).

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BIBL.: A. Mongitore, Bibliotheca sicula, I, Palermo 1708, pp. 202-93; V. Mortillaro, Nuovo dizionario siciliano italiano, II, Palermo 1844, p. vi; L. Vigo, Canti popolari siciliani, Catania 1857, p. 83; G. Roberti, Disegno storico dell'Ordine dei Minimi, III, Rome 1922, pp. 674-77.

Gennaro Moretti

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