Anthony F. Ciampi

Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J. (January 29, 1816 – November 24, 1893) was an Italian-American priest of the Catholic Church and member of the Society of Jesus.[1][2][3]

The Reverend Anthony F. Ciampi S.J.
Portrait of Anthony Ciampi
4th, 6th & 8th President of the College of the Holy Cross
In office 1869–1873
Preceded by	Robert W. Brady
Succeeded by	Joseph B. O'Hagan
In office 1857–1861
Preceded by	Peter J. Blenkinsop
Succeeded by	Robert W. Brady
In office 1851–1854
Preceded by	John Early
Succeeded by	Peter J. Blenkinsop
4th President of Loyola College in Maryland
In office 1863–1866
Preceded by	Joseph O’Callaghan
Succeeded by	John Early
Personal details
Born	Antonio F. Ciampi January 29, 1816 Rome, Papal States
Died	November 24, 1893 (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Jesuit Community Cemetery
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University
Orders
Ordination	July 23, 1848 by Samuel Eccleston

Early life

Portrait of Ciampi seated

Anthony Ciampi was born as Antonio F. Ciampi on January 29, 1816 in Rome. He hailed from a prominent family, which included Ciampi's uncle, Cardinal Giuseppe Sala.[4] He was educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University,[5] before entering the Jesuit novitiate at Sant'Andrea al Quirinale in Rome on September 7, 1832. Following his philosophical studies at the Gregoriana, he was assigned to a Jesuit school in Piacenza, where he taught grammar from 1839 to 1840, and then at a school in Ferrara, where he taught grammar and the humanities from 1840 to 1844. In 1845, he returned to Rome to study theology for one year.[4]

Ciampi was then invited by the president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Fr. James A. Ryder, to join the American Jesuits; Ciampi accepted and immigrated to the United States. He continued his studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he was ordained a priest on July 23, 1848.[4]

College of the Holy Cross

First presidency

Ciampi was appointed the President of the College of the Holy Cross on August 28, 1851. Within a year of his appointment, on July 14, 1852, a devastating fire consumed the entire college building, except for its east wing and library, despite the efforts of the fire department and local citizens of Worcester to haul water a quarter of a mile up the hill from the river. The student dormitories with their possessions were lost, and the uninsured college faced a cost of $50,000. The fire was believed to have begun on the third floor by a professor who was burning old examination papers. Left without any place to stay, the neighbors offered lodging to the faculty and students.[6] Within a few months, work began on rebuilding the school using the contributions of donors throughout the Diocese of Boston.[7] A new and larger building was opened on October 3, 1853.[8]

Death

Ciampi died on November 24, 1893 in Washington, D.C. and was buried in the Jesuit Community Cemetery at Georgetown.[4]

References

1. "Rev. Anthony Ciampi, S.J." College of the Holy Cross. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
2. "Photo Perspective - Founders and Presidents: Rev. Anthony Ciampi, S.J." College of the Holy Cross. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
3. "Position Specification: Chief of Public Safety" (PDF). Spelman Johnson. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
4. Lapomarda 2000, pp. 116–117
5. McNamara, Pat (July 24, 2012). "Father Anthony Ciampi, S.J. (1816-1893)". Patheos. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
6. College of the Holy Cross 1883, p. 18
7. College of the Holy Cross 1883, p. 21
8. College of the Holy Cross 1883, p. 22

Sources

• College of the Holy Cross (1883). Historical Sketch of the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1843-83. Worcester, Massachusetts: Press of Chas. Hamilton. OCLC 813002942. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
• Curran, Robert Emmett (1993). The Bicentennial History of Georgetown University: From academy to university, 1789-1889. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9780878404858. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Google Books.
• D & J Sadlier & Co. (1866). Sadlier's Catholic Almanac and Ordo: For the Year of Our Lord 1866. New York: D & J Sadlier & Co. OCLC 24322898. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019 – via Google Books.
• Devitt, Edward I. (February 1, 1935). "History of the Maryland-New York Province XIII Holy Trinity Church". Woodstock Letters. LXIV (1). Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Jesuit Online Library.
• Hill, Owen Aloysius (1922). Gonzaga College: An Historical Sketch: From Its Foundation in 1821, to the Solemn Celebration of Its First Centenary in 1921. Washington, D.C.: Gonzaga College. OCLC 1266588. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
• "From the Pastor's Desk" (PDF). Holy Trinity Catholic Church Bulletin. Washington, D.C.: Holy Trinity Catholic Church. December 6, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
• Jackson, Richard Plummer (1878). The Chronicles of Georgetown, D.C., from 1751-1878. Washington, D.C.: R. O. Polkinhorn. p. 142. OCLC 894584733. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
• Kuzniewski, Anthony J. (1999). Thy Honored Name: A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843-1994. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 9780813209111. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Google Books.
• Lapomarda, Vincent A. (2000). "Church Leaders: Ciampi, Anthony F. (1816—1893)". In LaGumina, Salvatore J.; Cavaioli, Frank J.; Primeggia, Salvatore; Varacalli, Joseph A. (eds.). The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. New York: Routledge. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9780815307136. OCLC 994545643. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Google Books.
• Lucas, Fielding (1849). The Metropolitan Catholic Almanac and Laity's Directory, for the Year of Our Lord 1850. Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr. OCLC 197568269. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
• Lucey, William L., ed. (December 1955). "A Letter to A Friend". Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 66 (4): 239–246. JSTOR 44210388.
• Lucey, William Leo (1957). The Catholic Church in Maine. Francestown, New Hampshire: M. Jones Company. OCLC 609344269. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via HathiTrust.
• Maine Catholic Historical Society; Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland (1919). "Memorable Events of the Catholic Church in Portland". The Maine Catholic Historical Magazine. 8 (1). Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Google Books.
• McKevitt, Gerald L. (Spring 2007). "Italian Jesuits in Maryland: A Clash of Theological Cultures". Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits. 39 (1). OCLC 612295291. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Boston College Libraries.
• McKevitt, Gerald (2007). Brokers of Culture: Italian Jesuits in the American West, 1848-1919. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804753579. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
• Ryan, John James (1907). Chronicle and sketch of the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Baltimore, 1856-1906. Baltimore, Maryland: A. Hoen & Co. OCLC 2075876. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
• Steiner, Bernard C. (1894). Adams, Herbert B. (ed.). Contributions to American Educational History: History of Education in Maryland. United States Bureau of Education, Circular of Information No. 2, 1894. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 177. OCLC 20127092. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
• The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. 3. New York: Catholic Editing Company. 1914. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Google Books.
• White, Charles I., ed. (1848). "Intelligence". The United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review. Baltimore: John Murphy. 7. OCLC 707091793. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
• Woodstock College (1891). "Gonzaga College" (PDF). Woodstock Letters. XX. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Jesuit Archives & Research Center.

Further reading

• Lapomarda, Vincent A. (2017). Anthony F. Ciampi (1816-1893): The Jesuit Who Saved the College of the Holy Cross. Worcester, Massachusetts. ISBN 9781532338168. OCLC 1001434857.

External links

• Profile at College of the Holy Cross
• Anthony F. Ciampi at Find a Grave