, called by Fabroni Blanchius, a religious of the order of the Minorites,
, called by Fabroni Blanchius, a
religious of the order of the Minorites, was bora
Oct. 2, 1686. For some years he taught philosophy and
theology, and was afterwards provincial of his order in the
Roman province, visitor of that of Bologna, one of the
counsellors of the inquisition at Rome, and an examiner of
the Roman clergy. He died Jan. 18, 1758. Amidst all
these graver employments, he found leisure to indulge his
taste for the belles lettres, and especially dramatic poetry,
which procured him admission into the academy of the
Arcadjans. His works were published under his assumed
name of Farnabio Gioachino Annutini, a childish anagram
of Fra Giovanni Antonio Bianchi. They are, principally,
1. “Tragedie sacre e morali,
” four in number, one upon
the history of sir Thomas More, and all in prose, Bologna,
1725, 8vo. 2. Other tragedies “La Dina,
” “II Demetrio,
” &c. published separately from 1734 to 1738. 3.
“De‘ vizj e dei diflfeti del moderno teatro, e del modo di
corregerli e d’emendarli, ragionamenti vi,
” Rome, 17.53.
In this, which he published under his academic name, Lauriso Tragiense, he defends the opinion of Maffei against
that of Concilia, who had published a dissertation “De
spectaculis theatralibus,
” in which he maintained that dramatic exhibitions were unfriendly to religion and morals,
an opinion which has not been confined, as usually said,
to the puritans or methodists of England. 4. “Delia poteste e polizia deila Chiesa, trattati due contro le nuove
opinion! di Pietro Giannone,
” Rome,