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Manlio Simonetti (2 May 1926 – 1 November 2017) was an Italian scholar ofPatristics and the history of Biblical interpretation.
Simonetti was born inRome on 2 May 1926.[1][2]
His early studies were inClassics (philology and history) at theSapienza University of Rome. In 1959 he became Professor of Ancient Christian Literature at theUniversity of Cagliari, a post he held until 1969.[1] In that year he became Professor of the History of Christianity at the Sapienza, a chair he held for three decades.[1][2] He also taught at theSalesian Pontifical University and was an instructor at theAugustinianum from its founding in 1971 until 2016.[1] He was made a national fellow of theAccademia dei Lincei in 1981.[1]
Simonetti died on 1 November 2017 in Rome, at the age of 91.[1]
In 2011, he was a co-recipient of the firstRatzinger Prize.[1][3] At the time of his award,Pope Benedict XVI remarked of him, "Professor Simonetti has approached the world of the Fathers in a new way, showing us with accuracy and care, what the Fathers say from the historical viewpoint; they become our contemporaries who speak to us".[3]
Simonetti's academic publications are numerous. His scholarship was focused on the domains of Biblical interpretation (in particular,Job, theGospel of Matthew, etc.), in Christian antiquity (e.g.Origen),Christology, notably during theArian crisis of the fourth century), and early Christian literature (including anthologies).
Several of his most recent articles have appeared inVetera Christianorum, and have been highlights of most issues since 2000. This journal is published atEdipuglia for the Classics and Christianity Department of theUniversity of Bari.
