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Onofrio Panvinio | |
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 Portrait of Onofrio Panvinio byTintoretto,c. 1555 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Giacomo Panvino (1530-02-20)February 20, 1530 |
| Died | 27 April 1568(1568-04-27) (aged 38) |
| Resting place | Convent of S. Agostino, Palermo |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Parent(s) | Onofrio Panvino and Bartolomea Campagna |
| Known for | La Biblioteca Aprosiana (1673) |
| Occupation | Monk, historian and antiquary |
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Order | Order of Saint Augustine |
| Ordination | 1541 |
Onofrio PanvinioO.S.A. (Latin:Onuphrius Panvinius; 23 February 1529 – 27 April 1568) was an Italian Augustinian friar, historian andantiquary who was the librarian toCardinal Alessandro Farnese.
Panvinio was born inVerona. At the age of eleven, he entered the order ofOrder of Saint Augustine and in 1539 he went toRome and became fascinated by the city, whosetopography and inscriptions, ancient and medieval history, writers and great papal families he would document through a spectacularly productive brief lifetime.
After graduating in Rome as bachelor of arts in 1553 and teaching the novices of his order in Rome and Florence, in 1557 he obtained the degree of doctor of theology. He visited the libraries of Italy, pursuing historical research and went to Germany in 1559. Refusing the position of bishop, he accepted the more welcome office of corrector and reviser of the books of theVatican Library in 1556. He died inPalermo while accompanying his friend and protector Cardinal Farnese to the Synod of Monreale, 1568.
He was recognized as one of the greatest church historians and archaeologists of his time. The scholarly printerPaulus Manutius called himantiquitatis helluo ("a glutton for antiquity"), andJulius Caesar Scaliger styled himpater omnis historiae ("father of all history").
His great archaeological map of ancient Rome was produced in 1565.[1] About the same time he began to collaborate with the French engraverÉtienne Dupérac, who continued to provide illustrations for posthumous printings of Panvinio's works. Not all of his numerous historical, theological, archaeological, and liturgical works were published, even posthumously; some are preserved in manuscript in theVatican Library.
His portrait byTintoretto is in theGalleria Colonna.[2]
Karl Gersbach, OSA, has published numerous articles on aspects of Panvinio's career. Philip Jacks set his career in the context of early antiquarian investigations inThe Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity: The Origins of Rome in Renaissance Thought. (Cambridge University Press) 1993.Jean-Louis Ferrary's study,Onofrio Panvinio et les antiquités romaines (Rome) 1996, focuses on Panvinio's works on Roman antiquity. For a modern biography of Panvinio, seeStefan Bauer,The Invention of Papal History: Onofrio Panvinio between Renaissance and Catholic Reform (Oxford University Press, 2020).
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