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\"\"<\/a>Angelo Rocca was born in 1545 in Rocca Contrada (now Arcevia) in the province of Ancona.
At the age of seven he entered the Augustinian convent of Camerino, where he undertook studies that he continued in Perugia, Rome and Venice. In 1577 he received a degree in Theology from Padua. Moving to Venice, he came into contact with a number of printers; in particular, he befriended Aldo Manuzio due to their common humanistic interests and became editor of his editions. With him Rocca published in 1576 the Observationi intorno alle bellezze della lingua latina<\/em>, his first work, which was to remain his most important from a literary point of view and which gained him a reputation as an expert linguist in Latin, Arabic, Hebrew and Chaldean languages. His experience as an editor of texts led Agostino Molari da Fivizzano, Vicar General of the Order of Augustinians, to call him to Rome in 1579 to edit and illustrate the Summa de protestate ecclesiastica<\/em> of the Augustinian theologian Agostino Trionfo. In 1585 he was appointed by Sixtus V as corrector of the Vatican Printing House and Secretary of the Congregation of the Index.<\/p>\n

Included in Sixtus V’s grand cultural project was the creation of the first great library in the Catholic world, the Vatican Library, an undertaking in which Rocca was directly involved. Sixtus V also wanted him as a collaborator in the revision of the Vulgate Bible<\/em>. In 1595 he was appointed Papal Sacrist. This office, an exclusive privilege of Augustinians since the time of Alexander VI, was of great importance, especially in the stages of papal election. As Sacristan Rocca was close to Pontiffs Clement VIII and Paul V. In the Vatican Palaces, where he lived, Rocca died on April 7, 1620, at the age of 75. He was buried in the chapel of St. Nicholas of the Tolentines in St. Augustine’s Church, where his confreres wanted to honor him with a plaque commemorating his human and cultural merits.<\/p>\n

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Angelo Rocca was born in 1545 in Rocca Contrada (now Arcevia) in the province of Ancona.At the age of seven he entered the Augustinian convent of Camerino, where he undertook studies that he continued in Perugia, Rome and Venice. In 1577 he received a degree in Theology from Padua. Moving to Venice, he came into contact with a number of printers; in particular, he befriended Aldo Manuzio due to their common humanistic interests and became editor of his editions. With him Rocca published in 1576 the Observationi intorno alle bellezze della lingua latina, his first work, which was to remain his most important from a literary point of view and which gained him a reputation as an expert linguist in Latin, Arabic, Hebrew and Chaldean languages. His experience as an editor of texts led Agostino Molari da Fivizzano, Vicar General of the Order of Augustinians, to call him to Rome in 1579 to edit and illustrate the Summa de protestate ecclesiastica of the Augustinian theologian Agostino Trionfo. In 1585 he was appointed by Sixtus V as corrector of the Vatican Printing House and Secretary of the Congregation of the Index. Included in Sixtus V’s grand cultural project was the creation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":257591,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

Angelo Rocca<\/h2>\r\n\"\"<\/a>Angelo Rocca nacque nel 1545 a Rocca Contrada<\/a>\u00a0(oggi Arcevia) nella provincia di Ancona.\r\nA sette anni entr\u00f2 nel convento agostiniano di Camerino, dove intraprese gli studi che continu\u00f2 a Perugia, Roma e Venezia. Nel 1577 si laure\u00f2 in Teologia a Padova. Trasferendosi a Venezia entr\u00f2 in contatto con alcuni tipografi; in particolare strinse amicizia con Aldo Manuzio grazie ai comuni interessi umanistici e divenne curatore delle sue edizioni. Con lui Rocca pubblic\u00f2 nel 1576 le\u00a0Osservationi intorno alle bellezze della lingua latina<\/em>, suo primo lavoro, che doveva restare il pi\u00f9 importante dal punto di vista letterario e che gli fece acquisire fama di linguista esperto nelle lingue latina, araba, ebraica e caldaica. L'esperienza da lui maturata come curatore di testi indusse Agostino Molari da Fivizzano, Vicario generale dell'Ordine degli Agostiniani, a chiamarlo a Roma nel 1579 per curare e illustrare la\u00a0Summa de protestate ecclesiastica<\/em> del teologo agostiniano Agostino Trionfo. Nel 1585 venne nominato da Sisto V correttore della Tipografia Vaticana\u00a0 e Segretario della Congregazione dell'Indice. Nel grande progetto culturale di Sisto V era compresa la realizzazione della prima grande biblioteca del mondo cattolico, la Biblioteca Vaticana, impresa in cui Rocca fu coinvolto direttamente. Sisto V lo volle anche come collaboratore nella revisione della\u00a0Bibbia Vulgata<\/em>. Nel 1595 fu nominato Sacrista Pontificio. Tale carica, privilegio esclusivo degli agostiniani fin dai tempi di Alessandro VI, era di grande importanza, soprattutto nelle fasi dell'elezione pontificia. Come Sacrista Rocca fu vicino ai Pontefici Clemente VIII e Paolo V. Nei Palazzi Vaticani, dove abitava, Rocca mor\u00ec il 7 aprile 1620, all'et\u00e0 di 75 anni. Fu sepolto nella cappella di S. Nicola dei Tolentini\u00a0 nella Chiesa di S. Agostino, dove i suoi confratelli vollero onorarlo con una lapide che ne ricorda i meriti umani e culturali.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0","_et_gb_content_width":"","_helpful_status":1,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256143,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73214\/revisions\/256143"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}