HR2 - Angelo Secchi and Astrophysics |
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Gionti, Gabriele, S.J. |
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The Scientific Legacy of Fr. Christopher Clavius, S.J. up to Fr. Angelo Secchi, S.J. |
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The scientific tradition of the Society of Jesus started at the end of the 16th century with Fr. Cristopher Clavius, S.J. and the third edition of the "Ratio Studiourm", the program of studies for members of the Jesuit order, where a particular importance was given to the study of astronomy, physics and mathematics. A school of Jesuit scientists was promoted by this program of studies and there emerged important figures in science like P. Girolamo Saccheri, S.J. Jesuit missionaries used their scientific formation to enter into unexplored territories. Among them Fr. Matteo Ricci, S.J. and Eusebio Kino, S.J. This tradition continued also during the suppression of the Jesuit order in 1773 with Jesuits like Fr. Ruggiero Boscovich, S.J. and after its restoration in 1814 with Fr. Angelo Secchi. |
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