Christian Archaeology
Archeologia Cristiana · 82 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsArchaeologists (Archeologi)
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Alfarano, Tiberio
ALFARANO, TIBERIO. - Born at Gerace (Reggio Calabria), by 1544 he was already serving at St. Peter's, and from 1567 he was a benefited… -
Allegranza, Giuseppe
ALLEGRANZA, GIUSEPPE. - Learned Dominican archaeologist, b. in Milan in 1713, d. in Rome in 1786. He made many educational journeys… -
Aringhi, Paolo
ARINGHI, PAOLO. - Oratorian, b. in Rome in 1600, d. there in 1676. He was very well known for the Latin translation of Bosio's Roma… -
Armellini, Mariano
ARMELLINI, MARIANO. - Benedictine of the Cassinese congregation, b. at Ancona on 10 Dec. 1662, d. at Foligno on 4 May 1737. A monk in the… -
Augusti, Johann Christian Wilhelm
AUGUSTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN WILHELM. - German Protestant theologian, b. 27 Oct. 1771 at Eschenbergen, d. at Koblenz on 28 Apr. 1841. In 1803… -
Barbier de Montault, Xavier-Marie-Joseph
BARBIER DE MONTAULT, XAVIER-MARIE-JOSEPH. - French scholar, b. at Loudun on 6 February 1830, d. at Blaslay on 29 March 1901. Having gone to… -
Bartolini, Domenico
BARTOLINI, DOMENICO. - Cardinal, b. May 16, 1813 in Rome, d. in Florence Oct. 2, 1887. Author of various writings of a hagiographic and… -
Bellermann, Christian Friedrich
BELLERMANN, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH. - Protestant pastor, b. 18 July 1793 in Erfurt, d. at Bonn on 24 March 1863. He was the son of a professor… -
Berthier, Joachim
BERTHIER, JOACHIM. - Born on 31 Dec. 1848 at Talloires near Annecy (Savoy), died on 21 Dec. 1924 at Fribourg (Switzerland). Educated at the… -
Bertoli, Giandomenico
BERTOLI, GIANDOMENICO. - Archaeologist, b. at Meretto near Udine on 13 March 1676, d. at Aquileia on 22 March 1763. He was a canon of… -
Bianchini, Francesco
BIANCHINI, FRANCESCO. - Born on 13 Dec. 1662 in Verona, died on 2 March 1729 in Rome, where he went after his studies in Bologna and Padua.… -
Biondo, Flavio
BIONDO, FLAVIO. - Humanist and archaeologist, b. at Forlì in 1392, d. at Rome on 4 June 1463 (he added the second name later, by Latinizing… -
Boldetti, Marcantonio
BOLDETTI, MARCANTONIO. - Archaeologist, b. in Rome in 1663, d. there in 1749. Canon of S. Maria in Trastevere, a man of great piety, he was… -
Bonada, Francesco Maria
BONADA, FRANCESCO MARIA. - Piarist, born on Sept. 8, 1706 in Trinità (Cuneo), diocese of Mondovì, died in Rome on Dec. 22, 1755, rector of… -
Bonavenia, Giuseppe
BONAVENIA, GIUSEPPE. - Jesuit, b. at Arpino (Frosinone) on 16 June 1844, d. at Rome on 18 Jan. 1920. He devoted himself above all to… -
Bosio, Antonio
BOSIO, ANTONIO. - A distinguished archaeologist, b. in Malta in 1575, d. in Rome in 1629. Having come to Rome at a very young age, he… -
Bourassé, Jean-Jacques
BOURASSÉ, JEAN-JACQUES. - Archaeologist and historian of Touraine, b. at Sainte-Maure (Indre-et-Loire) on 22 Dec. 1813 and d. at Tours on 4… -
Bruzza, Luigi Maria
BRUZZA, LUIGI MARIA. - Barnabite, b. in Genoa on 15 March 1813, d. in Rome on 6 Nov. 1883. He taught Latin and Greek literature for 40… -
Buonanni, Filippo
BUONANNI, FILIPPO. - Jesuit, b. in Rome on 7 January 1638, d. there on 30 March 1725. He was librarian and archivist of the Roman College… -
Cahier, Charles
CAHIER, CHARLES. - French Jesuit and archaeologist, b. in Paris on 26 Feb. 1807, d. there on 27 Feb. 1882. He devoted almost his entire… -
Cancellieri, Francesco Girolamo
CANCELLIERI, FRANCESCO GIROLAMO. - Born in Rome on 10 Oct. 1751, died there on 29 Dec. 1826, buried in St. John Lateran. His 161 published… -
Canina, Luigi
CANINA, LUIGI. - Archaeologist and architect, b. at Casalmonferrato on 28 Oct. 1795, d. on 17 Oct. 1856 at Florence, buried in S. Croce.… -
Capitani d'Arzago, Alberto de
CAPITANI D'ARZAGO, ALBERTO de. - Born at Paderno Milanese on 13 Aug. 1909, died in Paris on 30 July 1948, he was a scholar of classical and… -
Caronni, Felice
CARONNI, FELICE. - Barnabite, b. at Monza in 1747, d. at Milan on 15 April 1815. A professor of rhetoric at Arpino and Livorno, he… -
Cavedoni, Venanzio Celestino
CAVEDONI, VENANZIO CELESTINO. - Priest, b. at Levizzano (Modena) on 17 May 1795, d. at Modena on 26 Nov. 1865. Mezzofanti initiated him… -
Corblet, Jules
CORBLET, JULES. - Priest, b. at Roy (Somme) on 16 June 1819, d. at Versailles on 29 Apr. 1886. In 1857 he founded the Revue de l'art… -
Crostarosa, Pietro
CROSTAROSA, PIETRO. - Born on 25 February 1836 in Rome, died there on 26 February 1902; he was a canon of the Liberian Basilica, prefect of… -
De Jerphanion, Guillaume
DE JERPHANION, GUILLAUME. - Born on March 3, 1877 at Pontèves (Var), died in Rome on Oct. 22, 1948. > (courtesy of Fr. I. Ortiz de Urbina)… -
Delattre, Alfred-Louis
DELATTRE, ALFRED-LOUIS. - Archaeologist, b. at Deville in the diocese of Rouen on 26 June 1850, d. at Carthage on 11 Jan. 1932. He entered… -
De Rossi, Giovanni Battista
DE ROSSI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Archaeologist, founder of the science of Christian archaeology, b. in Rome on 22 February 1822, d. in the… -
De Rossi, Michele Stefano
DE ROSSI, MICHELE STEFANO. - Geologist, b. in Rome on 30 Oct. 1834 and d. at Rocca di Papa on 23 Oct. 1898, he was the inseparable… -
De Vogüé, Charles-Jean-Melchior (DE VOGUÉ, CHARLES-JEAN-MELCHIOR)
DE VOGÜÉ, CHARLES-JEAN-MELCHIOR. - Archaeologist, b. in Paris on 18 Oct. 1829 to an ancient noble family from the Vivarais, and d. there on… -
De Waal, Anton Joseph Johann Maria
DE WAAL, ANTON JOSEPH JOHANN MARIA. - Born at Emmerich on 3 May 1836, died at Rome on 23 Feb. 1917. Ordained a priest at Münster on 11 Oct.… -
Doni, Giovanni Battista
DONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Epigrapher, man of letters and writer on music, b. in Florence to a patrician family in 1594 and d. there on 1… -
Fabretti, Raffaele
FABRETTI, RAFFAELE. - Archaeologist, b. at Urbino in 1618, d. at Rome on 7 Jan. 1700, canon of St. Lawrence in Damaso and then of St.… -
Fea, Carlo
FEA, CARLO. - Archaeologist, b. at Pigna, near Oneglia in Liguria, on 4 June 1753, d. at Rome on 17 March 1836, buried in S. Lorenzo in… -
Ficoroni, Francesco de'
FICORONI, FRANCESCO de'. - Born in 1664 at Lugnano near Valmontone in Latium, died in Rome on 1 February 1747, he was a scholar of… -
Forcella, Vincenzo
FORCELLA, VINCENZO. - Born in 1837, died in 1906. He is known above all for the work Iscrizioni delle chiese e di altri edifici di Roma dal… -
Führer, Joseph
FÜHRER, JOSEPH. - Archaeologist, b. in 1858, d. on 8 February 1903, professor of philology and history first at the lyceum of Dillingen,… -
Galante, Gennaro Aspreno
GALANTE, GENNARO ASPRENO. - Priest, historian and archaeologist, b. in Naples on 6 Oct. 1842, d. there on 11 June 1923. As a young man he… -
Garrucci, Raffaele
GARRUCCI, RAFFAELE - Jesuit, b. in Naples on 23 Jan. 1812, d. in Rome on 23 May 1885. A distinguished philologist and archaeologist,… -
Gatti, Giuseppe
GATTI, GIUSEPPE. - Born in Rome on 23 Nov. 1838, died in Oriolo Romano on 12 Sept. 1914; an archaeologist highly versed in classical and… -
Gerola, Giuseppe
GEROLA, GIUSEPPE. - Archaeologist and art scholar, b. in Arsiero on 2 April 1877, d. in Trento on 21 September 1938. He is credited with a… -
Gori, Antonio Francesco
GORI, ANTONIO FRANCESCO. - Priest, b. in Florence on 9 Nov. 1691, d. there on 21 Jan. 1757; he published several erudite works of… -
Grimaldi, Giacomo
GRIMALDI, GIACOMO. - Priest, scholar, b. in Bologna ca. 1560, d. in Rome on 7 January 1623. He entered the service of the Vatican Basilica… -
Grisar, Hartmann
GRISAR, HARTMANN. - Jesuit, historian, archaeologist and apologist, b. at Koblenz on 22 Sept. 1845, d. at Innsbruck on 25 Feb. 1932. After… -
Grossi-Gondi, Felice
GROSSI-GONDI, FELICE. - Jesuit, scholar and archaeologist, b. in Rome on 16 Sept. 1860, d. there on 31 March 1923. He entered the Society… -
Harris, James Rendel
HARRIS, JAMES RENDEL. - English archaeologist, b. at Plymouth in 1852, d. at Birmingham on 1 March 1941. From 1882 to 1892 he was a… -
Hübner, Emil
HÜBNER, EMIL. - Philologist and archaeologist, b. in Düsseldorf in 1834, d. in Berlin in 1901. He devoted himself to studies of archaeology… -
Hülsen, Christian
HÜLSEN, CHRISTIAN. - Protestant archaeologist and epigrapher, b. at Charlottenburg on 29 Nov. 1858, d. at Florence on 19 Jan. 1935. A… -
Jalabert, Louis
JALABERT, LOUIS. - Epigrapher, b. in Lyon on 30 March 1877, d. in Nice on 12 Aug. 1943. Having entered the novitiate of the Society of… -
Kanzler, Rodolfo
KANZLER, RODOLFO. - Archaeologist and art connoisseur, son of the preceding, b. in Rome in 1861, d. there on 28 Feb. 1924. He was a… -
Kondakov, Nicodim Paulovitch
KONDAKOV, NICODIM PAULOVITCH. - Russian Byzantinist, b. at Chalan (government of Kursk), in 1844, d. at Prague on 16 February 1925. He… -
Lanciani, Rodolfo
LANCIANI, RODOLFO. - Archaeologist, b. at Montecelio (Rome) on 1 Jan. 1845, d. at Rome on 21 May 1929. He attended university studies in… -
Le Blant, Edmond-Frédéric (LE BLANT, EDMOND-FRÉDERIC)
LE BLANT, EDMOND-FRÉDÉRIC. - French epigrapher and archaeologist, b. in Paris on 12 Aug. 1818, d. there on 5 July 1897. He completed… -
Leclercq (d'Orlancourt), Henri
LECLERCQ (d'ORLANCOURT), HENRI. - Polymath, b. at Tournai on 4 Dec. 1869, d. in London on 23 March 1945. Naturalized French, he entered the… -
Lupi, Antonio Maria
LUPI, ANTONIO MARIA. - Jesuit, born in Florence on 14 July 1695, died in Palermo on 3 November 1737. Most erudite in theology, philosophy,… -
Macarius
MACARIUS. - Graecized name of Giovanni L'Heureux, archaeologist, philologist, Hellenist, b. in 1540 or 1551 at Gravelines on the Channel,… -
Marangoni, Giovanni
MARANGONI, GIOVANNI. - Priest, archaeologist, b. at Valdagno di Vicenza ca. 1672, d. at Rome on 5 February 1753. In Rome he was for about… -
Marchi, Giuseppe
MARCHI, GIUSEPPE. - Archaeologist, Jesuit, b. at Tolmezzo (Udine) on 22 Feb. 1795, d. at Rome on 22 Feb. 1860. Having entered the Society… -
Marini, Gaetano
MARINI, GAETANO. - Priest, epigrapher, archivist, archaeologist, b. at S. Arcangelo di Romagna on 10 Dec. 1740, d. at Paris on 17 May 1815.… -
Martigny, Jean-Alexandre
MARTIGNY, JEAN-ALEXANDRE. - Priest, archaeologist, b. at Sauverny (Ain) on 22 Apr. 1808, d. at Bagé-le-Châtel on 19 Aug. 1880. After ten… -
Martin, Arthur
MARTIN, ARTHUR. - Jesuit, archaeologist, b. 4 Sept. 1801 at Auray (Morbihan), d. at Ravenna on 24 Nov. 1856. Having entered the Society of… -
Marucchi, Orazio
MARUCCHI, ORAZIO. - Archaeologist, b. in Rome on 10 Nov. 1852, d. there on 21 Jan. 1931. A disciple of G. B. De Rossi, he took part from… -
Nibby, Antonio
NIBBY, ANTONIO. - Archaeologist and topographer, b. in Rome on 14 Oct. 1792, d. there on 29 Dec. 1839. Still a youth, he founded among his… -
Nicolai, Nicola Maria
NICOLAI, NICOLA MARIA. - Archaeologist and historian of the Roman countryside, b. in Rome on 14 Sept. 1756, d. there on 18 Jan. 1833. He… -
Northcote, Spencer James
NORTHCOTE, SPENCER JAMES. - Archaeologist, b. at Feninton Court (Devonshire) on 26 May 1821, d. at Stoke-upon-Trent (Staffordshire) on 3… -
Orsi, Paolo
ORSI, PAOLO. - Archaeologist, b. at Rovereto on 18 Oct. 1859 and d. there on 8 Nov. 1935. A professor at the Liceo-Ginnasio of Alatri, he… -
Pelliccia, Alessio Aurelio
PELLICCIA, ALESSIO AURELIO. - Neapolitan priest, historian, archaeologist, b. in 1740 (or '44), d. in 1823 (or '22). At the age of 16 he… -
Pesarini, Santi
PESARINI, SANTI. - Historian and archaeologist, b. at S. Piero in Bagno on 8 Jan. 1853, d. in Rome on 10 March 1922. He was a profound… -
Profumo, Attilio
PROFUMO, ATTILIO. - Archaeologist and historian, b. in Genoa in 1859, d. in Rome in 1945. He first studied architecture in Naples, then,… -
Ricci, Corrado
RICCI, CORRADO. - Archaeologist and art critic, b. in Ravenna on 18 April 1858, d. in Rome on 5 June 1934. A student at the University of… -
Sarti, Emiliano
SARTI, EMILIANO. - Scholar, b. in Rome in 1795, d. there in 1849. He was a writer for the Hebrew language at the Vatican Library and a… -
Scaglia, Sisto
SCAGLIA, SISTO. - Reformed Cistercian of La Trappe and Christian archaeologist, b. at Anzola d'Ossola (Novara) on 14 Dec. 1872, d. at Rome… -
Seroux d'Agincourt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Georges
SEROUX D'AGINCOURT, JEAN-BAPTISTE-LOUIS-GEORGES. - French archaeologist and numismatist, b. at Beauvais (France) on 5 Apr. 1730, d. at Rome… -
Settele, Giuseppe
SETTELE, GIUSEPPE. - Archaeologist, canon of St. Peter's, b. in Rome in 1770, d. there in 1840. Against his father's wishes, he devoted… -
Severano, Giovanni
SEVERANO, GIOVANNI. - Priest of the Oratory, b. at S. Severino Marche (Macerata) in 1562, d. in Rome on 26 Feb. 1640; he entered the… -
Styger, Paul
STYGER, PAUL. - Archaeologist, b. at Schwyz (Switzerland) on 27 Sept. 1889 and d. at Lucerne on 14 May 1939. After six years of study at… -
Ugonio, Pompeo
UGONIO, POMPEO. - Priest, born in Rome around the middle of the 16th century, died there on 28 April 1614 and buried in the old sacristy of… -
Visconti, Ennio Quirino
VISCONTI, ENNIO QUIRINO. - Archaeologist, b. in Rome on 1 Nov. 1751, d. in Paris on 8 Feb. 1818. On the payroll of Prince Sigismondo Chigi,… -
Wilpert, Joseph
WILPERT, JOSEPH. - Archaeologist, b. at Eiglau (Silesia) on 22 Aug. 1857, d. in Rome on 10 March 1944, dean of the Protonotaries Apostolic… -
Wulff, Oskar
WULFF, OSKAR. - Archaeologist, b. June 6, 1864 in St. Petersburg to a family of German and Protestant origin, d. in Berlin on Jan. 23,…