Francesco Colangelo
Francesco Colangelo [1]
an Italian theologian and scholar, was born at Naples, November 25,1769. In 1783 he entered the congregation of the Oratory of Italy, in which he occupied high positions, and in 1820 was raised to the episcopal see of Castellamare. In 1825 he was appointed president of the Council of Public Instruction in the kingdom of Naples. He died January 15, 1836, leaving, Opuscoli Scientifici di Filalete: — Raccolta di Opere Appartenenti Alla Storia Letteraria: — Il Galileo Proposto Alla Gioventui. — Vita del Pontano: — Vita di Antonio Beccadelli, detto il Panarmita: — Vita di Gio. Battista della Porta: — Vita de San Nazzaro: — La Irreligiosa Liberta di Pensare: — Apologia della Religione Cristiana: — Istoria de Filosofi e Matematici Napolitani: — Omelia di S. Gio. Crisostomo Intitolata che Cristo sia Dio, translated from the Greek, with notes. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
