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'''Sixtus of Siena''' or '''Sixtus Senensis''' (1520 - 1569), a converted Jew, followed a [[Franciscan]] course of study and became a Roman Catholic [[theologian]]. Though he was convicted of [[heresy]] he was saved by a Dominican inquisitor, the future [[Pope Pius V]], who repealed the condemnation when Sixtus recanted and pledged to transfer to the [[Dominican Order]] instead. He is considered one of the two outstanding Dominican scholars of his generation.<ref>The other being [[Santes Pagnino]] (Benedict Ashley, ''History of the Dominican Order'').</ref> He had as a master [[Lancelotto Politi]], some of whose writings he later publicly criticised.
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'''Sixtus of Siena''' (or '''Sixtus Senensis''') (1520–1569) was a [[Judaism|Jew]] who converted to [[Roman Catholicism]], and became a Roman Catholic [[theologian]].


==Biography==
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Sixtus coined the term ''[[deuterocanonical]]'' to describe certain books of the [[Old Testament]] that had not been accepted as [[Biblical canon|canonical]] but which appeared in the [[Septuagint]], and the definer for the Roman Catholics of the terms ''[[protocanonical]]'' and the ancient term ''[[apocrypha]]l''.
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He began his career as a Franciscan preacher, speaking throughout Italy. Though he was convicted to die in Rome for the crime of [[heresy]] or recidivism, he was saved by a Dominican inquisitor, the future [[Pope Pius V]], who repealed the condemnation when Sixtus recanted and pledged to transfer to the [[Dominican Order]] instead. He is considered one of the two most outstanding Dominican scholars of his generation.<ref>The other being [[Santes Pagnino]] (Benedict Ashley, ''History of the Dominican Order'').</ref> He had as a master [[Lancelotto Politi]], some of whose writings he later publicly criticised. Sixtus apparently destroyed all his remaining manuscripts and writings before his death.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hg5BAQAAMAAJ Dizionario biografico universale], Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 101.</ref>


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Sixtus coined the term ''[[deuterocanonical]]'' to describe certain books of the Catholic [[Old Testament]] that had not been accepted as [[Biblical canon|canonical]] by Jews and Protestants but which appeared in the [[Septuagint]], and the definer for the Roman Catholics of the terms ''[[protocanonical]]'' and the ancient term ''[[apocrypha]]l''.<ref>''Bibliotheca sancta'', Lyon, Pesnot 1575, reprint Leiden, IDC 1988, vol. 1, pp. 13-14</ref>

[[File:Bibliotheca Sancta.png|thumb|150px|Title page Bibliotheca Sancta Ed.1742]]
His work ''Bibliotheca sancta ex præcipuis Catholicæ Ecclesiæ auctoribus collecta''<ref>"Sacred library collected from the precepts of the authorities of the Catholic Church".</ref> (Venice 1566) treats the sacred writers and their works, the best manner of translating and explaining Holy Writ, and gives a copious list of Biblical [[hermeneutics|interpreters]], in eight books. It was the first of the genre of [[Encyclopedia|encyclopedic]] teaching repertories of [[dogma]] and Church tradition issued in the wake of the [[Council of Trent]].
His work ''Bibliotheca sancta ex præcipuis Catholicæ Ecclesiæ auctoribus collecta''<ref>"Sacred library collected from the precepts of the authorities of the Catholic Church".</ref> (Venice 1566) treats the sacred writers and their works, the best manner of translating and explaining Holy Writ, and gives a copious list of Biblical [[hermeneutics|interpreters]], in eight books. It was the first of the genre of [[Encyclopedia|encyclopedic]] teaching repertories of [[dogma]] and Church tradition issued in the wake of the [[Council of Trent]].


==Notes==
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==Further reading==
== Further reading ==
*John Warwick Montgomery, 1963. "Sixtus of Siena and Roman Catholic Biblical Scholarship", ''Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte'' '''54''' p 214ff.
* John Warwick Montgomery, 1963. "Sixtus of Siena and Roman Catholic Biblical Scholarship", ''Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte'' '''54''' p. 214ff.
*Fernando Dominguez, "Sixtus von Siena", in: ''Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche'' 3 IX, 647.
* Fernando Dominguez, "Sixtus von Siena", in: ''Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche'' 3 IX, 647.
* Elias H. Füllenbach, ''Bibel- und Hebräischstudien italienischer Dominikaner des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts'', in: ''Bibelstudium und Predigt im Dominikanerorden. Geschichte, Ideal, Praxis'', ed. by Viliam Stefan Doci und Thomas Prügl, Rome 2019 (= Dissertationes Historicae, vol. 36), p. 255-271.


==External links==
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*http://www.ofmconvmalta.org/interconv/culture/schol.htm "Franciscan scholars": Sixtus of Siena]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070825085016/http://www.ofmconvmalta.org/interconv/culture/schol.htm "Franciscan scholars": Sixtus of Siena]
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Latest revision as of 08:18, 27 May 2024

Sixtus of Siena (or Sixtus Senensis) (1520–1569) was a Jew who converted to Roman Catholicism, and became a Roman Catholic theologian.

Biography[edit]

He began his career as a Franciscan preacher, speaking throughout Italy. Though he was convicted to die in Rome for the crime of heresy or recidivism, he was saved by a Dominican inquisitor, the future Pope Pius V, who repealed the condemnation when Sixtus recanted and pledged to transfer to the Dominican Order instead. He is considered one of the two most outstanding Dominican scholars of his generation.[1] He had as a master Lancelotto Politi, some of whose writings he later publicly criticised. Sixtus apparently destroyed all his remaining manuscripts and writings before his death.[2]

Sixtus coined the term deuterocanonical to describe certain books of the Catholic Old Testament that had not been accepted as canonical by Jews and Protestants but which appeared in the Septuagint, and the definer for the Roman Catholics of the terms protocanonical and the ancient term apocryphal.[3]

Title page Bibliotheca Sancta Ed.1742

His work Bibliotheca sancta ex præcipuis Catholicæ Ecclesiæ auctoribus collecta[4] (Venice 1566) treats the sacred writers and their works, the best manner of translating and explaining Holy Writ, and gives a copious list of Biblical interpreters, in eight books. It was the first of the genre of encyclopedic teaching repertories of dogma and Church tradition issued in the wake of the Council of Trent.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The other being Santes Pagnino (Benedict Ashley, History of the Dominican Order).
  2. ^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 101.
  3. ^ Bibliotheca sancta, Lyon, Pesnot 1575, reprint Leiden, IDC 1988, vol. 1, pp. 13-14
  4. ^ "Sacred library collected from the precepts of the authorities of the Catholic Church".

Further reading[edit]

  • John Warwick Montgomery, 1963. "Sixtus of Siena and Roman Catholic Biblical Scholarship", Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 54 p. 214ff.
  • Fernando Dominguez, "Sixtus von Siena", in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche 3 IX, 647.
  • Elias H. Füllenbach, Bibel- und Hebräischstudien italienischer Dominikaner des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, in: Bibelstudium und Predigt im Dominikanerorden. Geschichte, Ideal, Praxis, ed. by Viliam Stefan Doci und Thomas Prügl, Rome 2019 (= Dissertationes Historicae, vol. 36), p. 255-271.

External links[edit]

  • "Franciscan scholars": Sixtus of Siena
  • Lavenia, Vincenzo (2019). "SISTO da Siena". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 93: Sisto V–Stammati (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
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