Camillo Almici was a priest of the Congregation of the Oratory, of distinguished theological attainments.

Biography

Almici was born at Brescia

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

, of a noble family . He became a member of the Congregation of the Oratory at a very early age, and devoted himself to the study of theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

, Greek

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, and Hebrew

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, the Bible

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, chronology

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, sacred and profane history

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, antiquities

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, criticism

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, diplomacy

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, and liturgy

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, and was held in much esteem for his great and wide learning. Amongst his contemporaries, he was regarded as an oracle upon many subjects, and is looked upon as one of the most celebrated theologians of his order.

He has left critical reflections on the work of Febronius

Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim

Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim was a German historian and theologian. He is remembered as Febronius, the pseudonym under which he wrote his 1763 treatise On the State of the Church and the Legitimate Power of the Roman Pontiff which offered Europe the "foremost formulation of the arguments against...

's De Statu Ecclesiae (1763), together with some treatises, part of which are still in manuscript. His Méditations sur la vie et les écrits du P. Sarpi is a critical examination of Paolo Sarpi

Paolo Sarpi

Fra Paolo Sarpi was a Venetian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer. His most important roles were as a canon lawyer and historian active on behalf of the Venetian Republic.- Early years :...

's partisan history of the Council of Trent

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He wrote under multiple pseudonyms, including Callimaco Limi, Callimaco Mili, and N. N.

His brother Giambattista Almici

Giambattista Almici

-Biography:He was born near Brescia, and educated under the Jesuits there and at the University of Padua. He finally gave himself up to legal studies. After some official employments in which he gained great popularity, he traveled over Italy and Sicily...

 was a celebrated Italian jurist

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Works

Of the many works he wrote, the principal are the following:

• Riflessioni sù di un libro di G. Febronio (1766)
• Critica contro le opere del pericoloso Voltaire (1770)
• Dissertazione spora i Martiri della Chiesa cattolica (1765, 2 vols.)
• Méditations sur la vie et les écrits du P. Sarpi (1765)