Jeremiah Benettis

Jeremiah Benettis (died 1774) was an Italian writer and Friar Minor Capuchin.

He belonged to the Province of Piedmont in Italy, and wrote two historical treatises. The first, titled Chronica et critics historiæ sacrae et profanæ, deals with various astronomical questions and the religious rites and ceremonies of ancient peoples, and was written with a view to facilitate the study of the Bible. In the second work, titled Privilegiorum S. Petri vindicia, he gives a history of the primacy of the pope.

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Jeremiah Benettis — Friar Minor Capuchin and historical writer, d. in 1774. He belonged to the Province of Piedmont in Italy, and left two valuable historical treatises. The first, entitled "Chronica et critics historiæ sacrse et profanæ" (Rome, 1766), deals with various astronomical questions and the religious rites and ceremonies of ancient peoples, and was written with a view to facilitate the study of Sacred Scripture. In the second work, entitled 'LPrivilegiorum S. Petri vindicia" (Rome, 1756-66), he gives a history of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff.

HURTER, Nomenclator, III, 111.