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Filippo Ferrari (Philippus Ferrarius) (1551 – 1626) was an Italian 
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrari, Filippo 1551 births 1626 deaths Servites 17th-century Italian astronomers 16th-century Italian Christian monks 17th-century geographers University of Pavia faculty Italian geographers Linguists from Italy Italian lexicographers Christian hagiographers Catholic clergy scientists 16th-century Italian mathematicians People from Oviglio
Servite
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monk and scholar, known as a geographer, and also noted as a hagiographer
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Life
He was born atOviglio
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in Piedmont
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. It is near Alessandria, and he was nicknamed ''Alessandrino'' (Philippus Ferrarius Alexandrinus). He taught mathematics for 48 years at the University of Pavia
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Ferrari was prior general of his order from 1604 to 1609, and vicar general in 1624/5. He was therefore head of the Servites at the time of the Venetian Interdict The Venetian Interdict of 1606 and 1607 was the expression in terms of canon law, by means of a papal interdict, of a diplomatic quarrel and confrontation between the Papal Curia and the Republic of Venice, taking place in the period from 1605 to 1 ...
, and was consulted by Paolo Sarpi in Venice
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. A detailed account of Ferrari's dealings with Pope Paul V
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during the confrontation of those years was given by Fulgenzio Micanzio Fulgenzio Micanzio (1570 in Passirano – 1654 in Venice) was a Lombardic Servite friar and theologian. A close associate of Paolo Sarpi, he undertook correspondence for Sarpi and became his biographer. He also was a supporter of Galileo Galile ...
, Sarpi's ally. It was with Ferrari's approval that Sarpi took up the appointment as theological consultant to Venice on 28 January 1606.
Works
Ferrari published his ''Epitome Geographicum'' in 1605. His ''Lexicon Geographicum'' was published internationally in a number of later editions: edited by William Dillingham (London, 1657), and by Michel Antoine Baudrand (Paris, 1670). It was used in the ''Dictionarium Historicum'', (Oxford, 1670) ofNicholas Lloyd
Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd (born 9 June 1942) is a former British newspaper editor and broadcaster.
Early life
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Other works included:
*''Nova Topographia in Martyrologium Romanum'' (1609).
*''Catalogus sanctorum Italiae in Menses duodecim distributus'' (1613).
*''Catalogus generalis sanctorum'' (1625).
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External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrari, Filippo 1551 births 1626 deaths Servites 17th-century Italian astronomers 16th-century Italian Christian monks 17th-century geographers University of Pavia faculty Italian geographers Linguists from Italy Italian lexicographers Christian hagiographers Catholic clergy scientists 16th-century Italian mathematicians People from Oviglio