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''' Sisto da Siena / Sixtus of Siena''' (1520-1569) was an Italian scholar of Jewish descent. | ''' Sisto da Siena / Sixtus of Siena''' (1520-1569) was an Italian scholar of Jewish descent. | ||
Sisto was born in [[Siena, Italy]] into a Jewish family and as a boy worshiped in the Synagogue. He converted to Christianity as a young man and entered the Franciscan Order, where he distinguished himself as a theologian and preacher. In 1551, for his sympathy for the Reformation, he was accused of heresy and condemned to the stake, but recanted and was pardoned by the Inquisitor, the Domenican Antonio Michele Ghislieri (the future Pope Pious V) who had him transferred to the Domenican Order and employed him at [[Cremona, Italy]] as member of the Tribunal of Inquisition. Sisto's [[Bibliotheca sacra]], published in 1566 (the same year that Antonio Michele Ghislieri became Pope Pious V) was the first major treatise of interpretation of the Bible after the Council of Trento. Sisto is credited for coining the term ''Deuterocanonici'' to denote the Protestant [[NT Apocrypha]] from a Roman Catholic point of view. Sisto died in Genoa, Liguria [Italy]. | |||
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Sisto | *[[Bibliotheca sancta (1566 Sisto da Siena), book]] | ||
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== | * Wikipedia.en -- Wikipedia.de -- Wikipedia.fr -- [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisto_Senese Wikipedia.it] -- Wikipedia.es | ||
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*[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/sisto-da-siena/ Treccani.it] | |||
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[[Category:Born in the 1520s| 1520 Sisto]] | [[Category:Born in the 1520s| 1520 Sisto]] | ||
[[Category:Died in the 1560s| 1569 Sisto]] | [[Category:Died in the 1560s| 1569 Sisto]] | ||
[[Category:OT Apocrypha Studies|~1520 Sisto]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:06, 12 February 2021
Sisto da Siena / Sixtus of Siena (1520-1569) was an Italian scholar of Jewish descent.
Sisto was born in Siena, Italy into a Jewish family and as a boy worshiped in the Synagogue. He converted to Christianity as a young man and entered the Franciscan Order, where he distinguished himself as a theologian and preacher. In 1551, for his sympathy for the Reformation, he was accused of heresy and condemned to the stake, but recanted and was pardoned by the Inquisitor, the Domenican Antonio Michele Ghislieri (the future Pope Pious V) who had him transferred to the Domenican Order and employed him at Cremona, Italy as member of the Tribunal of Inquisition. Sisto's Bibliotheca sacra, published in 1566 (the same year that Antonio Michele Ghislieri became Pope Pious V) was the first major treatise of interpretation of the Bible after the Council of Trento. Sisto is credited for coining the term Deuterocanonici to denote the Protestant NT Apocrypha from a Roman Catholic point of view. Sisto died in Genoa, Liguria [Italy].
Works
Books
Biography
- Wikipedia.en -- Wikipedia.de -- Wikipedia.fr -- Wikipedia.it -- Wikipedia.es