ZOLA, GIUSEPPE. - Jansenist, b. in 1739 at Concesio near Brescia, d. there in 1806 fortified by the Sacraments.
He studied under the Filippini, under the Theatine Scarella, and under the Benedictines, among whom was Rotigni. Librarian of the Queriniana while still very young and teacher of theology in the episcopal Seminary, he was an intimate and spiritual adviser of Pietro Tamburini (v.), soon linking his own fortunes to those of his friend. Having lost his offices because of the scandal aroused by Tamburini's De Summa (v.), he was successively in Rome rector of the Collegio Fuccioli, in Pavia professor at the University, in Brescia teacher at the Liceo and again in Pavia holder of the chair of history of laws and diplomacy. Reserved, reflective, averse to polemics, he sacrificed life, talent and reputation in active collaboration with and complete devotion to Tamburini, to whose works and controversies he anonymously links Theologicarum praelectionum specimen (Brescia 1775), De locis theologiae moralis (Pavia 1785), and other pamphlets, leaving some works in manuscript. A follower of Tillemont and Fleury in ecclesiastical history, of the "appellants" in theology, of the rigorists in morals, he had relations with the various Jansenist circles of the peninsula, in which he stood out for his culture and outward moderation.
Bibliography6 worksP. Tamburini, Saggio stor. degli studi e delle opere di G. Z., Milano 1809; G. I. Gussago, Notia, istor. crit. intorno alla vita, a' costumi
BIBL.: P. Tamburini, Saggio stor. degli studi e delle opere di G. Z., Milano 1809; G. I. Gussago, Notia, istor. crit. intorno alla vita, a' costumi e alle opere dell'ab. d. G. Z., Brescia 1825; G. Zadei, Giansenisti bresciani sulla fine del sec. XVIII, Brescia 1837; A. C. Jemolo, Il giansen. in Ital. avanti la Rivoluzione, Bari 1928, p. 332 egg; R. Mazzetti, Il card. Querini, la forma. del giansen. bresciano, Brescia 1932; G. Mantese, P. Tamburini e il giansen. bresciano, Milano 1942.
Matteucci, Benvenuto. “Zola, giuseppe.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, coll. 1812–1813. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zola-giuseppe.
MLA
Matteucci, Benvenuto. “Zola, giuseppe.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, coll. 1812–1813. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zola-giuseppe.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec12_zola_giuseppe,
author = {Matteucci, Benvenuto},
title = {Zola, giuseppe},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XII},
pages = {1812--1813},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1954},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zola-giuseppe}
}
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