Felice Figliucci (Felix Filliucius) (c. 1525 – c. 1590) was an Italian humanist, philosopher, and theologian.

Life

He was born in

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about the year 1525. He completed his studies in philosophy at

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and was for a time in the service of Cardinal Del Monte, afterwards

Pope Julius III Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...

. In spite of the fact that he gained a great reputation as an orator and poet, and had a wide knowledge of Greek, no mention of his name is found in such standard works on the Renaissance as Burchardt, Voigt (Die Wiederbelebung des class. Alterthums), and Belloni (Il Seicento). After having enjoyed the pleasures of the worldly life at the court, in 1551 he entered the Dominican convent at Florence, where he assumed the name Alexus. Figliucci attended the

Council of Trent The Council of Trent ( la, Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento, Trent (or Trento), now in northern Italian Peninsula, Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation ...

, where he delivered a Latin oration. He died in Florence.

Works

He wrote both original works in Italian, and translations from the Greek. They include: *"Il Fedro, ovvero del bello" (Rome, 1544); *"Delle divine lettere del gran Marsilio Ficino" (Venice, 1548); *"Le undici Filippiche di Demostene dichiarate" (Rome, 1550); "Della Filosofia morale d'Aristotile" (Rome, 1551); *"Della Politica, ovvero Scienza civile secondo la dottrina d'Aristotile, libri VIII scritti in modo di dialogo" (Venice, 1583). At the order of

Pope Pius V Pope Pius V ( it, Pio V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1566 to his death in May 1572. He is v ...

, he translated into Italian, under his cloister name of Alexus, the Latin Catechism of the Council of Trent (''Catechismo, cioe istruzione secondo il decreto del concilio di Trento'', Rome, 1567), often reprinted.

References

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