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of ftither Colomios, of the works of St. Hippolytus, and many others. For an account of his life and writings, see lieimar, De vita ct Script. J. A. Fabiicii comment. (1737, 8vo). — Biofjraphie Uidverselie, xiv, 5-i sq. ; Eii[/- lish Cyclujxedia, s. v.
Fabricius, Johann Ludwig, a Swiss divine, was born at Schaff hauseu in 1632 ; studied at Utreclit and Paris, and in 1G56 became pastor and professor, first of Greelv, afterwards of theology, at Heidelberg. In ICOl he was made councillor to the elector palatine in ecclesiastical affairs. When Heidelberg was talien by the French in 1G88, he retired to Schaff hausen, and afterwards to Frankfort. On his return to Heidelberg, when the castle and city were set on fire in the bom- bardment, he saved the archives of the city and uni- versit_y, and carried them to Frankfort, where he died in 1()97. Among his writings are Apologeticitm jrro Genere huniano contra Calumniam Atheismi : — De Bop- tismo infanlihus heterodoxorum conferendo : — De Ludis Scenicis ; — De hap)tismo per muUerem vel hominem priva- tum administrato — all gathered, with others, in an edi- tion of his writings published by J. H. Heidegger (Zu- rich, 1G98, 4to). — Biog. Universelle, xiv, 55.
Fabricius, Lorenz, a German divine, was born at Dantzic, 1555, and studied at various German uni- versities, especially at Strasburg, in Hebrew, and at Wittemberg, where he became doctor of pliilosophy in 1587. In 1593 he was made professor of Hebrew at "Wittemberg, in which oftice he remained until his death, April 28, 1629. He published Oratio de Lingua HehrtKa (Wittemb. 1594) : — Partitiimes Codicis Hebrcei (Wittenib. 1610, 4to) : — De Reliquiis Sanctis Sijrarimi Vocum in, N. T. (Wittemb. 1613, 4to) : — Metrica Hebrce- orimi (Wittemb. 8vo). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xiv, 959.
Fabricius, Theodor, a German divine and re- formei', was born in Anholt (in Prussia) February 2, 1501, of very poor parents. He was apprenticed to a shoemalvcr, and could not begin to go to school until he was sixteen years old. His diligence and success attracted the attention of count Oswald of Bergen, who 8cnt him to Cologne to stud}' at tiie university. He afterwards went to Wittemlierg, where he not only studied Hebrew thoroughly, but also imbibed from Lu- ther and jMelancthon the principles of the Reforma- tion. His patron abandoned him ; but, although he was reduced to great straits of povertj', he maintained his integrity and courage. Returning to Cologne, he taught Hebrew, but was soon driven away as a here- tic. Philip of Hesse received him, and made him his almoner. In 1536 he became pastor at Allendorf. In 1540 he was imprisoned by the elector for preaching against polygamy. In 1543 he returned to Wittem- berg as professor of Hebrew and of theology. His life, in man}' respects a stormy one, ended on the 15th of Oct. 1550. He published Insfifutiones GrammaticcE in Linguam Sanctum (Cologne, 1528, 1531, 4to) : — Tab- tdte de verbis et nominibus Ileb. (Basel, 1545). There is a sketch of his life in Hase, Biblioth. Bremensis, pt. i. —Biog. Utiii^erseUe, xiv, 40.
Fabricy, Gabkiel, a French archteologist, was born at Saint-Maximin, in the Provence, about 1725, entered the Dominican order, and became professor of theology at Rome, where he died in 1800. Among his writings are Censons tkeologi Diatribe, qua hlbJiographim antiquarice et sacrcc critices capita aliquot illustrantur (Rome, 1782, 8vo). He entered upon the study of Phoe- nician antiquities and literature, but did not live to com- plete his plans ; the partial fruit of his labors appears in De Pkanicia; Littcraturce Fontibus (Rome, 1803, 2 vols. 8vo), Perhaps liis best work is Des Titres primitifs de la Revelation, ou considerations critiques sur la pitrete et Vinteyrite du texte original des Uvns saints de Vancien Testament (Rome, 1772, 2 vols. 8vo), which is still of value in Biblical criticism. — Biog. Universelle, ii, 66,
Facciolati (Facciolato), Jacopo, was born at Torreglia, Ital}', Jan. 4, 1682. He was educated in the college at Este, and afterwards in the seminary at Padua, where he became professor of theology and philosophy, and director of studies. "The seminary of Padua had then, as subsequently, a high reputation as a place for the study of Latin, and for the numerous and generally accurate editions of the classics and other school-l)ooks which have come from its press. Facciolati contributed to support this reputation b}' his labors. Among other works, he published im- proved editions of the Lexicon of Schrevelius, of the Thesaurus Ciceronianus of Nizolius, and of the vocab- ulary of seven languages, known by the name of Lex- icon Culepinum (1731, 2 vols. fol.). In this last under- taking he was greatly assisted by his pupil, Egidio Forcellini, altliough he was not willing to acknowl- edge the obligation. It was in the course of his joint labors with Facciolati that Forcellini conceived the plan of a totally new Latin dictionary, which, after more than thirty years' assiduous application, he brought to light under the title of Totius Latinitatis Lexicon (Padua, 1771, 4 vols. fol.). This woric has superseded all other Latin dictionaries. Forcellini, more generous than Facciolati, acknowledged in the title-page of his work that its production was in great measure due to the advice and instruction of his de- ceased master. The MS. of his Lexicon, in 12 vols, fol., is preserved in the library of the seminary." The best editions are (1) that of Furlanetto (Patav. 1827- 32, 4 vols. 4to ; ed. by Hertel and Voigtlander, Schnee- berg, 1835-38, 4 vols, fol.; also by Giacchetto, 1839- 45, 4 vols. 4to); (2) that of Bailey, with English ren- derings (1828, 2 vols. 4to). " In 1722, Facciolati, be- ing appointed professor of logic in the University of Padua, delivered a series of introductory Latin dis- courses to the students of his class, which were received with considerable applause. His Lutin epistles, as well as his Orations, or discourses, have been admired for the purity of their diction. The king of Portugal sent Facciolati a flattering invitation to Lisbon to take the direction of the public studies in his kingdom, but Facciolati declined the honor on account of his ad- vanced age. He, however, wrote instructions for the reorganization of the scholastic establishments of that country, which had become necessary after the expul sion of the Jesuits." Facciolati died at Padua Aug. 25, 1769. Besides numerous works on philosophy, he published Vita et Acta Jesu Christi secundum utram- que generationem, divinam ac kumanam (Padua, 1761, 24mo) : — Viatica Tkeolugica (Padua, 1763): — ]'ila ei Acta Maria- Virginis (Padua, 1764). — English Cyclopae- dia, s. V. ; Biog. Universelle, xiv, 80.