Stanislao Loffreda

The Rev. Stanislao Loffreda, O.F.M.
Born	15 January 1932 Monteprandone, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Chicago Oriental Institute
Known for	Excavations at Capernaum, Machaerus, Herodium, Magdala and Tabgha
Scientific career
Fields	Archaeology, Ceramology and Biblical studies
Institutions	Studium Biblicum Franciscanum

Stanislao Loffreda, O.F.M. , (born 15 January 1932) is an Italian Franciscan friar, archaeologist, Palestinian pottery expert and Bible scholar.

Father Loffreda belongs to the Italian Province of S. Giacomo nelle Marche. He was ordained as a priest in the Order of Friars Minor in 1956. He is licentiate in Holy Scripture and laureate in theology with biblical specialization, M. A. in archeology on the Oriental Institute of Chicago in 1967. He served as a professor of biblical archeology and topography of Jerusalem and the director of Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem (1978-1990). In years 1968-1991 he was a co-director of the excavations at Capernaum by the Sea of Galilee; 1978-1981 on the hilltop palace of Machaerus in Jordan. ^[1]

Bibliography

Father Loffreda is the author of several books on archeological and historical topics. A selection follows: ^[2]

• Scavi di Et-Tabgha. Relazione finale della campagna di scavi 25 marzo - 20 giugno 1969 (1970)
• La sinagoga di Cafarnao dopo gli scavi del 1969: Estratto del Liber Annuus XX, 1970 (1970, with V. Corbo, A. Spijkerman)
• Cafarnao. II: La ceramica (1974)
• A visit to Capharnaum (1980)
• The sanctuaries of Tabgha (1981)
• Capernaum, Jesus own city (1981)
• Capharnaum: The town of Jesus (1985)
• Recovering Capharnaum (1985)
• Lucerne bizantine in Terra Santa con iscrizioni in greco (1989)
• La ceramica di Macheronte e dell'Herodion (90 a.C. - 135 d.C.) (1996)
• Light and life: Ancient Christian oil lamps of the Holy Land (2001)
• Padre Virgilio Corbo a dieci anni dalla morte : Testimonianza di un'amicizia (2001)
• Holy Land pottery at the time of Jesus : Early Roman period 63 BC-70 AD (2002)
• Cafarnao V : Documentazione fotografica degli scavi (1968-2003) (2005)
• Cafarnao VI: Tipologie e contesti stratigrafici della ceramica (1968-2003) (2008)
• Cafarnao VII: Documentazione grafica della ceramica (1968-2003) (2008)
• Cafarnao VIII: Documentazione fotografica degli oggetti (1968-2003) (2008)

See also

• Virgilio Canio Corbo (1918-1991), Franciscan archaeologist
• Michele Piccirillo (1944–2008), Franciscan archaeologist

References

1. "Fr. Stanislao Loffreda ofm". March 30, 1998. Retrieved January 15, 2016
2. G. C. Bottini; L. Di Segni; L. D. Chrupcala. One Land – Many Cultures. Archaeological Studies in Honour of Stanislao Loffreda ofm (SBF Collectio maior, 41) (2003 ed.). Franciscan Printing Press. p. I-XII.