Antonio Sandini

Antonio Sandini (30 June 1692 – 23 February 1751, Padua, Italy) was an Italian ecclesiastical historian.

Antonio Sandini
Born1 July 1692 
Died23 February 1751  (aged 58)
Padua 
OccupationHistorian, librarian 

Through the interest of his bishop, cardinal Rezzonico (later pope Clement XIII), Sandini became a librarian[1] and professor of ecclesiastical history at the seminary at Padua.[2]

He is known principally by his Vitae Pontificum Romanorum (Ferrara, 1748; reprinted under the title Basis Historiae Ecclesiasticae). He also wrote Historiae Familiae Sacrae, Hist. SS. Apostolorum, Disputationes XX ex. Hist. Eccles., and Dissertations in Defence of his Hist. Fam. Sac.[3]

References
  1. Bilbioteca Seminario Padua website, Historial Note
  2. Bibliothéque Nationale de France website, Antonio Sandini
  3. University of Pennsylvania Library website, Antonio Sandini

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.


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