Appiano Buonafede

Appiano Buonafede ( born January 4, 1716 in Comacchio, † December 17, 1793 in Rome ) was an Italian philosopher, theologian and writer. As pseudonyms he used the name Agatotopisto Cromaziono and the anagram appio Anneo Faba.

Life

Appiano Buonafede was one of the greatest and most original Italian humanities scholars of his era. He is considered one of the most important late monk orders reconnaissance Italy.

Buonafede came from an indigenous family Comacchio, the Buonafede di Comacchio family. His talent was clear early on, when he was already a writer distinguished himself as a 14- year-old. 1734, he entered the monastic order of Celestine. In Bologna he studied theology and philosophy. After he finished his studies in Rome, he was a lecturer in theology at the University of Naples already with 24 years. Through public speeches and treatises on religious and secular themes he laid here the foundation for his later fame extraordinary. His 60 Elogi poetici e critici di Nomini saggi had to be placed eight times within a very short time. Immediately after the death of Cölestiners Galiani he received from his religious mission is to write his biography. He became famous for his biographies of famous Italians.

Since 1752, he held various administrative posts of his order. In 1754 he became a member of the Rome-based Academy of Arkadia. He was successively abbot in Bergamo, Rimini and Bologna, General Provveditore the whole Order in Rome and in the period 1770-1780 then also Abbot General of the Order in Murone in Puglia. When he was appointed first secretary of his Order and abbot of the monastery in Puglia was, he had to temporarily science turn back, because he was now forced to deal not only with administrative tasks, but additionally also with practical and theoretical issues agriculture. His administrative duties required frequent trips to Rome and to the different monasteries of his order.

He wrote the comedy Filosofi fanciulli, in which he durchhechelt philosophers as children. This satire involved him in 1764 in literary disputes with other writers, such as Joseph Baretti. However, this did not prevent him from to write another satirical work, lettere with the Tiel Ritratti poetici, storici e critici di uomini di varj modernized, in which he ridicules the entire guild of philosophers, following the example of Lucian. 1761, he also wrote a sociological study of suicide from the critical- philosophical point of view. From the Academy Arkadia he had received the Greek name Agatopisto Cromaziono, under which he published most of his writings.

Most recently, he resigned for health reasons, and withdrew into the Roman monastery of San Eusebio. He was appointed its abbot for life by a papal available. After his death appeared in the Academy Arkadia to his nephew, the harbor master and poet Antonio Buonafede, his successor under the name Agatopisto Cromazione Giuniore ( Agatopisto Cromaziono junior); wrote this about his uncle, a short biography, which was published in the Literary Gazette of 1796, No. 34.

Appiano Buonafedes work on the history of the revolutionary upheavals in philosophy was translated into German by the philosopher Karl Heinrich Heyden Empire.

Works (selection)

• Ritratti poetici, storici, e critici di uomini di lettere varj modernized ( sonnets with annotations ), Naples 1745. Volume 1, edition, Naples, 1889, 371 pages.