Catechismo cioè Istruttione secondo il Decreto del Concilio di Trento a' Parochi - Figliucci, Felice c. 1524-c. 1590 (Venice Angelieri, 1605)
Catechism of the Catholic Counter-Reformation with the norms and conclusions laid down by the Council of Trent (closed in 1563) in response to the Lutheran Reformation.
Pope Pius IV entrusted the composition of the Catechism to four distinguished theologians: Leonardo Marini, Archbishop of Lanciano; Muzio Calini, Archbishop of Zara; Egidio Foscherari, Bishop of Modena; and Francisco Foreiro, a Portuguese Dominican.Three cardinals were appointed to supervise the work. Charles Borromeo superintended the redaction of the original Italian text, which was finished in 1564. Cardinal William Sirletus then gave it the final touches, and the famous Humanists, Julius Pogianus and Paulus Manutius, translated it into classical Latin.
Felice Figliucci (Felix Filliucius, cloister name Alexus) (c. 1525 – c. 1590), an Italian humanist, philosopher, and theologian translated the Latin Catechism back into Italian in 1567 at the order of the Pope.
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); 17th Century (1601-1700); Catholicism; Counter-Reformation; Catechism; Italy