Index Librorum Prohibitorum Ssmi D. N. Benedicti XIV Pontificis Maximi jussu recognitus, atque editus - Ricchinius, Thomas Augustinus 1695-1762 (Parma Carmignani, 1783)
Ricchini, a learned Italian ecclesiastic, was born at Cremona in 1695. At the age of fifteen he entered the Dominican order, devoted himself to poetry, and published at Milan several religious pieces. He afterwards taught theology in the principal houses of his order in Lombardy, and filled the office of prior at Cremona. Called to Rome in 1740, he became in 1749 secretary of the Congregation of the Index and examiner of the bishops. He worked in the service of the Roman censorship and was part of the commission that published the list of forbidden books (L'Indice) in 1750, as well as the later revisions of 1753, 1758, 1763... He enjoyed the favor of Benedict XIV, who often made use of his learning in literary work. In 1759 Ricchini became one of the masters of the pope's palace. He died at Rome in 1762.
engraved frontispiece depicting bookburning
Ex libris F. Ullergan Taun Coll. 1898 (manuscript)
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