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Angelo Secchi: Biographic Notes (Chinnici 2019)
Figure: Drawing from a photographic portrait of Angelo Secchi (by Angelo Adamo; courtesy of
INAF-OAPa)
1818 – Secchi is born at Reggio Emilia on June 28th into a middle-class family, the
last son of Giacomo Antonio and Luigia Belgieri.
1833 – He enters the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Rome; 4 years later, he
studies philosophy at the Collegio Romano. His teachers of mathematics and
physics are, respectively, Francesco De Vico and Giovan Battista Pianciani.
1841 – He teaches physics at the Jesuit Collegio Illirico at Loreto.
1844 – He returns to the Collegio Romano to study theology and becomes assistant
to Pianciani.
1847 – He is ordained as priest.
Angelo Secchi: Biographic Notes (Chinnici 2019)
Figure: Drawing from a photographic portrait of Angelo Secchi (by Angelo Adamo; courtesy of
INAF-OAPa)
1818 – Secchi is born at Reggio Emilia on June 28th into a middle-class family, the
last son of Giacomo Antonio and Luigia Belgieri.
1833 – He enters the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Rome; 4 years later, he
studies philosophy at the Collegio Romano. His teachers of mathematics and
physics are, respectively, Francesco De Vico and Giovan Battista Pianciani.
1841 – He teaches physics at the Jesuit Collegio Illirico at Loreto.
1844 – He returns to the Collegio Romano to study theology and becomes assistant
to Pianciani.
1847 – He is ordained as priest.