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Ferruccio Baffa Trasci (27 August 1590 – 30 October 1656) was an Italian bishop, theologian and philosopher.
Ferruccio Baffa Trasci (27 August 1590 – 30 October 1656) was an Italian bishop, theologian and philosopher.
Life
Born Ferrante Marco Antonio Baffa Trasci in one of the most noble and wealthy families of theArbëreshë Arbën/Arbër, from which derived Arbënesh/Arbëresh originally meant all Albanians, until the 18th century. Today it is used for different groups of Albanian origin, including:
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world in Bisignano
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, he was the son of Pietro Antonio Baffa Trasci and Elisabetta Anna Trentacapilli. After his teens he moved to Rome
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and Naples
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when, as a priest, became one of the most close confessors and confidents of Isabella della Rovere, Princesse of Bisignano, member of the Sanseverino * Sanseverino (family): The Sanseverino are one of the historical families most famous in the Kingdom of Naples and all of Italy, having 300 strongholds, 40 counties, nine marquisates, twelve duchies and ten principalities primarily distributed in ...
family.
Last years
After many years spent in the CastleProceno
Proceno is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about northwest of Viterbo.
Proceno borders the following municipalities: Acquapendente, Castell'Azzara, Piancasta ...
in a voluntary exile, in 1656 he came back to Rome and was created Bishop of Maximianopolis (''in partibus infidelium
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...
'') by Pope Alexander VII.
S.E.R. Ferruccio Baffa Trasci died in Rome the same year in the Great bubonic Plague.
His bones were buried several years later in Proceno
Proceno is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about northwest of Viterbo.
Proceno borders the following municipalities: Acquapendente, Castell'Azzara, Piancasta ...
the church of S. Martin.
Works
* ''Universam Aristotelis philosophiam'' * ''Summa Aristotelicha'' * ''Summa Theologica Dogmatica''D. Baffa Trasci Amalfitani di Crucoli, ''Ferruccio Baffa Trasci-un erudito italoalbanese del XVII secolo ormai dimenticato, Edizioni MIT Cosenza 2008See also
*Catholic Church in Italy
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Notes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baffa Trasci, Ferruccio 1590 births 1656 deaths Italian Roman Catholic titular bishops Italian people of Arbëreshë descent 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops People from the Province of Cosenza