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Giovanni Devoti

1744 – 1820

Italian Catholic archbishop

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About Giovanni Devoti

Lived 1744 – 1820 (aged 76). Giovanni Devoti was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.

Giovanni Devoti (born at Rome, 11 July 1744; died there 18 September 1820) was an Italian canon lawyer and bishop.

Life At the age of twenty, he occupied a chair of canon law at the Sapienza University of Rome. After twenty-five years service in this position, Pope Pius VI appointed him Bishop of Anagni.

He resigned the see in 1804, to become titular Archbishop of Carthage. As such, he filled several important positions at Rome. He also accompanied Pope Pius VII during his exile in France.

Works

His works are:

(Rome, 1766); , an unfinished work of which only three volumes appeared (Rome, 1803–1815; new edition, Rome, 1827), containing an introduction to canon law and a commentary on the first and second book of the Decretals; (Rome, 1785; fourth ed., Rome, 1814).

The last work is distinguished by its clearness and conciseness, and by its numerous historical notes, attributed, but without any reason, to Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, afterwards Pope Pius VIII. In 1817, Ferdinand VII of Spain made obligatory the study of the of Devoti at the University of Alcalá; and in 1836, the University of Louvain accepted it as a classical manual of canon law. The work subsequently became more useful for the history than for the practice of canon law.

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Important facts

Birth century
Positions held
Catholic archbishop, Titular archbishop, Diocesan bishop, Titular bishop
Employers
Sapienza University of Rome

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Giovanni Devoti's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Giovanni Devoti?

Italian Catholic archbishop (1744-1820)

When was Giovanni Devoti born?

Giovanni Devoti was born on 11 July 1744 in Rome.

When did Giovanni Devoti die?

Giovanni Devoti died on 18 September 1820.

What was Giovanni Devoti's occupation?

Giovanni Devoti was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Giovanni Devoti

· Wikidata: Q5563618

· DBpedia: Giovanni Devoti

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