Vercellone, Carlo
Vercellone, Carlo
Biblical scholar, born at Biella, Milan; died at Rome, 19 January, 1869. He entered the Order of the Barnabites, at Genoa, in 1829; studied philosophy at Turin and theology at Rome, under Aloysius Ungarelli; taught the sacred sciences at Alessandria, Turin, Perugia, and Parma; and, in 1847, was made president of the college of the Barnabites at Rome, a position which he held together with the charge, first, of procurator, and then general of his order, and with various offices in several Roman Congregations, until his death. His first publication was (1857) the edition (5 quarto volumes) of the Vatican manuscript (B) of the Scriptures prepared by Cardinal Mai under the auspices of Leo XII and printed from 1828 to 1838, to which he added by way of preface a letter to the reader. That this edition was far from perfect, Mai himself had well realized, and Vercellone publicly acknowledged in the above-mentioned letter; he at once set out to have it corrected mainly from Mai’s notes, the outcome of his labours being a new octavo edition of the New Testament (Rome, 1859), prefaced by an excellent epistle. A few months before, a poor reprint of the New Testament edition of 1857 had been struck off at Leipzig for a London firm. Yet critics persisted in thinking a new and accurate edition of the “Vaticanus” was imperatively needed, and Pius IX manifested his intention to carry out the design and entrust it to Vercellone. The latter helped Tischendorf in the preparation of his “Nov. Test. Vat.” (Leipzig, 1867).
In 1868, appeared the first volume of the “Bibliorum sacrorum graecus codex vaticanus, auspice PIO IX…editus”, the work of Vercellone and the Basilian monk Cozza; the second volume (Genesis-Josue) followed in 1869, shortly before Vercellone’s deat h, and the others in 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1881, Cajetan Sergio and Canon Henry Fabiani having replaced Vercellone. Vercellone’s critical studies on the text of the Latin Vulgate, although he brought the work only as far as IV Kings, contributed more to his fame than the editing of the Vatican manuscript. These studies, with important and valuable prolegomena, appeared (2 vols., 1860-64) under the title, “Variae lectiones Vulgatae latinae editionis Bibliorum”, and may be said to have paved the way to the revisi on of the Vulgate now in progress. As preparatory to his edition of the Greek Bible, Vercellone wrote “Ulteriori studii sul N. T. greco dell’ antichissimo Cod. Vaticano” (Rome, 1866); in 1867 he published a critical study, “La Storia dell’ adultera nel Vangelo di s. Giovanni” (Rome), in which he defended the authenticity of the passage (John 7:53-8:11). He also edited nine pamphlets of Gerdil on the Hierarchy of the Church. In 1869 he published a “Discours sur l’his toire des langues semitiques de Renan”, in which he refuted some of the assertions of the French critic.
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CHARLES L. SOUVAY Transcribed by Charlie Martin
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XVCopyright © 1912 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, October 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Vercellone, Carlo
a Roman Catholic divine of Italy, was born Jan. 14,1814, at Sordevolo, in Piedmont. In 1829 he joined the Barnabites at Turin, studied philosophy there, and afterwards theology at Rome. He was appointed president of the College of the Barnabites, and died Jan. 19,1869. He is well known for his critical labors on the Vulgate, and published, Varies Lectiones Vulgatoe Latino Editionis Bibliorum (Rome, 186064, 2 vols.): Dissertazioni Accademiche di Vario Argomento (ibid. 1864), with the following contents:
1. Di’ un Biblico Codice Palimpseste della Biblioteca Vaticana proveniente dal Monasterio di Bobbio, p. 1.
2. Framenti dell’ Antica Italia scoperti in un Codice Vaticano, p. 17.
3. Dei Correttori Biblici della Bibliot. Vat. p. 35. 4. Sntldii fatti in Roma.e Mezzi Usati per Co.rreggere la Bibbia Volgata [con Docnmenti], p. 37.
5. Sulle edizioni della Bibbia fatte in Italia nel Secolo XV, p. 97.
6. Dell’ Antichissimo CodiceVatic. della Bibb.iaGreca (con uIn Appendice dal cav. G. B. de’ Rossi ed una Tavola Litograf.), p. 115.
7. Avvertenze Critiche sulla.Versione Greca dell’ Antico Testamn. fatta da Aquila, p. 143.
8. La Tradizione e la Bibbia, p. 179.
9. De Hebraica Voce Almah ap. Isa 7:14, p.203.
10. Della Coltura Filosofica degli Antichi Ebrei, p. 219.
11. Sulle Moderne Institnzioni Filosofiche, p. 235.
12. Dottrine Filosofiche di Sant’Agbostino per un Riscontro alla Ideologia delle Scu.ole Moderne, p. 259.
13. Sullo Studio delta Lingua Pnnico-felnicia, p. 305.
14. Sulla Iscrizione Fenicia Scoperta a Marsiglia nell’ Anno 1845, p. 321.
15. Di Bubaste a Proposito di un Epigrafe Ostiense, p. 339.
16. Gli Ultimi Quattro Anui della Vita del Card. Gerdil, p. 365.
17. Di Alcuni Scritti Biblici del L. M. Ungarelli Barnabita, p. 385.
18. Appendice: (1.) Prsefatio ad Biblia Graeca, ed. Rom. anno 1857, p. 407. (2.) Prsefatio ad Nov. Testam. Graece, ed. Rom. anno 1859, p. 427. (3.) Prsefatio ad Biblia Vulgata, ed. Rom. anno 1861, p. 431. (41) Priefatio ad Nov. Testam. Vulg. ed. Rom. anno 1861, p. 437-440.
La Storia dell’ Adultera nel Vangelo di S. Giovanni, Dissertazione Critica (ibid. 1867): Ulteriori Studii sul N.T. Greco dell’ Antichissimo Cod. Vat. (ibid. 1866). (B. P.)