Angelo Rocca (1545, in Rocca, near Ancone – 8 April 1620, in

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) was an Italian

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and

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, founder of the

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at Rome, afterwards accessible from 1604 as a public library.

Biography

Angelo Rocca is also known as Cameras Camerinus from the

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monastery at Camerino. He studied at

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, Rome and Venice. In 1577 he graduated as a doctor in theology from

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. After serving as superior-general of the Augustinian Monastery there from 1579, he became the head of the Vatican printing-office in 1585. In 1595 he was appointed

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in the papal chapel. In 1605 he was granted the office of ''titular Bishop of Tagaste'' in Numidia"Thagaste (Titular See)"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 7 October 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Thagaste Algeria"
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, (widely unknown before the printing press) and had it printed. During the editing he became accustomed to historic manuscripts stored in the Vatican – some of them not readily accessible until modern times. He (incorrectly) credited

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with the invention of

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. He was associated with the

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and

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. His library was one of the most complete private collections in Rome, possessing over 130,000 volumes. Having been open to the public since 1604, it is considered the oldest

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along with the

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Works

He edited the works of

Egidio Colonna Giles of Rome O.S.A. (Latin: ''Aegidius Romanus''; Italian: ''Egidio Colonna''; c. 1243 – 22 December 1316), was a Medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian and a friar of the Order of St Augustine, who was also appointed to the po ...

– 1581, and of

Augustinus Triumphus Augustinus Triumphus ( it, Agostino Trionfo; 1243 – 2 April 1328), also known as Augustinus of Ancona, was a Hermit of St. Augustine and writer. He is celebrated for his work ''Summa de potestate ecclesiastica'', printed in 1473. The ''Summa'' b ...

– 1582. His notable works include: * * * ''Bibliothecæ theologicæ et scripturalis epitome'' – 1594 * ''De Sacrosancto Christi corpore romanis pontificibus iter conficientibus præferendo commentarius – 1599'' * ''De canonizatione sanctorum commentarius'' – 1601 * ''De campanis'' – 1612 An incomplete collection of his works was published in ''Thesaurus pontificiarum sacrarumque antiquitatum necnon ritual praxium et cæremoniarium'' (Rome: 1719 and 1745).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocca, Angelo 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians Augustinian friars 1545 births 1620 deaths University of Perugia alumni University of Padua alumni 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians