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Giovanni Devoti (born at Rome, 11 July 1744; died there 18 September 1820) was an Italian canon lawyer and bishop.
At the age of twenty he occupied a chair of canon law at the Sapienza University of Rome. After twenty-five years service in this position Pope Pius VI appointed him Bishop of Anagni.
He resigned the see in 1804, to become titular Archbishop of Carthage, As such he filled several important positions at Rome. He also accompanied Pope Pius VII during his exile in France.
His works are:
The last work is distinguished by its clearness and conciseness, and by its numerous historical notes, attributed, but without any reason, to Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, afterwards Pope Pius VIII. In 1817, Ferdinand VII of Spain made obligatory the study of the Institutiones of Devoti at the University of Alcalá; and in 1836, the University of Louvain accepted it as a classical manual of canon law. The work subsequently became more useful for the history than for the practice of canon law.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Giovanni Devoti". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites: | International | |
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