ALBERTO RADICATI. — Count of Passerano and Cocconato, b. Turin 1698, d. The Hague 24 Oct. 1734. For several years he served as counsellor to Vittorio Amedeo II on all matters concerning ecclesiastical policy, which he shaped according to the tenets of strict jurisdictionalism. This stance, when agreement was reached between the papal and Turin governments, forced him to leave his homeland, first taking refuge in London and later in Holland, where he spent the final years of his life.
In his writings, especially in the *Recueil des pièces curieuses sur les matières les plus intéressantes* (Rotterdam 1736), he restated the ideal of the ancient Christian Church as the sole agent capable of inspiring a true reform of ecclesiastical institutions, and developed a democratic conception understood as the demand for absolute equality among all men (abolition of the family, communal ownership of goods, etc.). Among his other works are: *History of the Abdication of Victor Amédée II* (London 1732); *A Philosophical Dissertation upon Death* (ibid. 1732); *Twelve Discourses concerning Religion and Government inscribed to all Lovers of Truth and Liberty* (ibid. 1734).