Ferruccio Baffa Trasci (27 August 1590 – 30 October 1656) was an Italian bishop, theologian and philosopher.

Life Born Ferrante Marco Antonio Baffa Trasci in one of the most noble and wealthy families of the Arbëreshë world in Bisignano, he was the son of Pietro Antonio Baffa Trasci and Elisabetta Anna Trentacapilli. After his teens he moved to Rome and Naples when, as a priest, became one of the most close confessors and confidents of Isabella della Rovere,Bonita – Bojani, I della Rovere nell'Italia della corti, Ed. Quattroventi 2002 Princesse of Bisignano, member of the Sanseverino family.

Last years After many years spent in the Castle Proceno in a voluntary exile, in 1656 he came back to Rome and was created Bishop of Maximianopolis (in partibus infidelium) by Pope Alexander VII. S.E.R. Ferruccio Baffa Trasci died in Rome the same year in the Great bubonic Plague. His bones were buried several years later in Proceno the church of S. Martin.Giuseppe Tomassetti, Cenno storico sulla vita di S.E. Ferrante Baffa Trasci Illustrissimo Vescovo di Massimianopoli 1590–1656

Works Universam Aristotelis philosophiam Summa Aristotelicha Summa Theologica DogmaticaD. Baffa Trasci Amalfitani di Crucoli, Ferruccio Baffa Trasci-un erudito italoalbanese del XVII secolo ormai dimenticato, Edizioni MIT Cosenza 2008

See also Catholic Church in Italy

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