Lucius Ferraris (18 April 1687 – 24 February 1763) was an Italian

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of the 18th century. He was born at Solero, near

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in Northern Italy. He was also professor, provincial of his order, and consultor of the

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. It would seem he died before 1763.

Works

He is the author of the ''Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica, necnon ascetica, polemica, rubricistica, historica'', a veritable encyclopedia of religious knowledge. The first edition of this work appeared at

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, in 1746. A second edition, much enlarged, also a third, were published by the author himself. The fourth edition, dating from 1763 seems to have been published after his death. This, like those which followed it, contains additions the author made to the second edition under the title of ''additiones auctoris'', and also other supplements (''additiones ex aliena manu'') inserted in their respective places in the body of the work (and no longer in the appendix as in the former editions). The various editions thus differ from one another. Some of his work has been reproduced by

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(Paris, 1861–1863). An edition of the ''Prompta Bibliotheca'' was published at Rome in 1899 in eight volumes with a volume of supplements, edited by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferraris, Lucius 18th-century Italian people People from Solero Italian Franciscans Canon law jurists Italian male writers