Aimerich, Mateo
Aimerich, Mateo
Catholic philologist. Born 1715; died 1799. Wrote several books which won for him a distinguished place among the philologists and critics of the 18th century. His most important work was Novum Lexicon historicum et criticum antiquae romanae literaturae.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Aimerich, Mateo
A learned philologist, born at Bordil, in Spain, 1715; died at Ferrara, 1799. He entered the Society of Jesus at eighteen, and, having finished his studies, taught philosophy and theology in several colleges of his Order. He was subsequently rector of Barcelona and Cervera, and Chancellor of the University of Gandia. He was at Madrid, supervising the printing of some books, when the decree of the expulsion of the Society from Spain was announced. He went on board ship without a murmur, and thought only of consoling his companions, several of whom were old and infirm. He took up his abode at Ferrara, and it was there, in exile, that he composed the works which have won for him a distinguished place among the philologists and critics of the eighteenth century. What is remarkable about his literary labours was that his only help was the public library, and even that his infirmities often prevented him from consulting. He died, at the age of eighty-four, in sentiments of great piety. Gifted with a fine, judicious mind, he united to his vast erudition the faculty of writing Latin with great eloquence and purity. Besides some works of scholastic philosophy, ascetical works, and discourses, we have from his pen, 1st, “Monina et acta Episcoporum Barcinonencium”; 2d, “Quinti Moderati Censorini de vitâ et morte linguae Paradoxa philologica, criticis nonnullis dissertationibus opposite, asserta, et probata”, of which there were but a few copies printed; the book is consequently very rare; 3d, a defense of the preceding work; 4th, “Specimen veteris romanae literaturae deperditae vel adhuc latentis;” 5th, “Novum Lexicon historicum et criticum antiquae romanae literaturae. This work, which is the sequel to the preceding, was the one which made Aimerich’s reputation. He left also a MS., which was a supplement to his dictionary; and a number of Latin discourses.
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Michaud, Biogr. univ.; Guerin, Dictionnaire des dictonaires.
T.J. CAMPBELL
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Aimerich, Mateo
a Spanish Jesuit, was born in 1715 at Bordil, in the diocese of Girone. While young he entered the Order of St. Ignatius, and after the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain he retired to Ferrara, where he died in 1799. Among other theological works; he wrote, Nomina et Acta Episcoporum Bareinonensium (Barcelona, 1760): -Quinti Moderati Censorini de.. Vita et Morte Linguae Latince Paradoxa Philologica, Criticis Nonnullis Dissertationibus Exposita, Asserta et Probata (Ferrara, 1780):-Relatione Autentica dell’ Accaduto in Parnasso (ibid. 1782). This is in defence of the preceding work:- Specimen Veteris Romance Litteraturce Deperditce vel adhuc Latentis (ibid. 1784) :-Novum Lexicon Historicum et Criticum Antiquce Romance Litteraturce Deperditce vel Latentis, etc. (Bassano, 1787). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.