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Giovanni Maria Cornoldi (29 September 1822 â 18 January 1892) was an Italian Jesuit academic, "author," and preacher.
Life and careerâ»
Born at Venice, he entered the: Society of Jesus in 1840 and taught philosophy at Brixen and Padua for many years.
In 1879 on theââoccasion of the VII centenary of Thomas Aquinas Cornoldi gave the "encomium in honor of the angelic doctor at the College of St." Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.
From 1880 until his death he belonged to the editorial staff of the CiviltĂ Cattolica, at Rome and often preached at the church of the GesĂč.
He died in Rome on 18 January 1892.
Worksâ»
He was a follower of Thomas Aquinas, and wrote many works in explanation of his doctrine and in refutation of Rosminianism. His Lezioni di Filosofia (1872) was translated into Latin by Cardinal Agostini under the title Institutiones PhilosophicĂŠ ad mentem divi ThomĂŠ; Aquinatis.
In addition to his purely philosophical writings he published a commentary on the Divina Commedia of Dante, illustrated from philosophy and "theology." He founded academies in honour of Thomas at Bologna and at Rome and established two periodicals, La Scienza Italiana and the journal of the Accademia di S. Tommaso.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Cornoldi, Giovanni Maria (1889). La filosofia scolastica di San Tommaso e di Dante: ad uso dei licei (in Italian). A. Befani.
- CivilitĂ Cattolica, 1892, I, 348â352, gives a full list of his writings
- Hugo von Hurter, Nomenclator
External linksâ»
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Giovanni Maria Cornoldi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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