Giuseppe Ricciotti

Abbot Giuseppe Ricciotti was born at Rome in 1890. In 1906 he entered the Congregation of Canons Regular of the Lateran, and was ordained a priest seven years after. He was a noted biblical scholar and orientalist, teaching Hebrew and comparative Semitics for two years in Genoa. He also taught Church history at the University of Bari for ten years. Abbot Ricciotti s works include The Life of Christ , Paul the Apostle , The Acts of the Apostles , The Age of Martyrs , and Julian the Apostate ....See more

Abbot Giuseppe Ricciotti was born at Rome in 1890. In 1906 he entered the Congregation of Canons Regular of the Lateran, and was ordained a priest seven years after. He was a noted biblical scholar and orientalist, teaching Hebrew and comparative Semitics for two years in Genoa. He also taught Church history at the University of Bari for ten years. Abbot Ricciotti s works include The Life of Christ , Paul the Apostle , The Acts of the Apostles , The Age of Martyrs , and Julian the Apostate . His books remain unique and noteworthy for their accurate information and clear, attractive style. He died in 1964. See less