Bianchi

(Angelo), known as Bianchi-Giovini (Aurelio) Italian man of letters, b. of poor parents at Como, 25 Nov. 1799. He conducted several papers in various parts of Piedmont and Switzerland. His Life of Father Paoli Sarpi , 1836, was put on the Index, and thenceforward he was in constant strife with the Roman Church. For his attacks on the clergy in Il Republic a no , at Lugano, he was proscribed, and had to seek refuge at Zurich, 1839. He went thence to Milan and there wrote a History of the Hebrews , a monograph on Pope Joan , and an account of the Revolution. His principal works are the History of the Popes until the great schism of the West (Turin, 1850–64) and a Criticism of the Gospels , 1853, which has gone through several editions. Died 16 May, 1862.