Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
SCARAMPI (SCARAMPA), PIER FRANCESCO. - Oratorian, b. in 1596 in Monferrato, d. in Rome on
(from U. Prota Giurleo, A. S., Naples 1956, frontispiece) SCARLATTI - Portrait of Alessandro S. Canvas by an unknown contemporary - Naples, Teatro Regio.Irish and the "Old Catholics"—the former inclined toward an accommodation with King Charles I, the latter determined to pursue the revolt until the granting of the most complete freedom of conscience—S. resolutely supported the "Old Catholics," but his intervention was not enough to prevent the triumph of the opposing faction and the conclusion of an armistice with Charles I. In May 1645 S. was recalled, but remained on the island until mid-1646 as an advisor to the new nuncio G. B. Rinuccini. Having returned to Rome, he became superior of his Congregation and died during the plague of 1656; he was buried in the church of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo.
BIBL.: P. Aringhi, Mem. istor. della vita del ven. servo di Dio P. F. S., Roma 1744; Pastor, XIII-XIV, 1. V. indici; G. Albion, Charles I and the Court of Rome, Londra 1935, pp. 378-82.
Silvio Furlani
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“SCARAMPI (SCARAMPA), PIER FRANCESCO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), p. 35. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/scarampi-scarampa-pier-francesco.
