Background
Gaetano Sanseverino was born in 1811 in Naples.
philosopher theologian presbyter
Gaetano Sanseverino was born in 1811 in Naples.
He made a comparative study including the scholastics, particularly Saint Thomas Aquinas, and of the connection between their doctrine and that of the church fathers. After his ordination, he continued the study of philosophy, with the special view of comparing the various systems Gaetano also became a canon of the cathedral of Naples, professor of logic and metaphysics in the seminary, substitute professor of ethics in the university, and eventually scrittore in the National Library.
Sanseverino had been educated in the Cartesian system, which at that time prevailed in the ecclesiastical schools of Italy, but his comparative study of the various systems supplied him with a deeper knowledge of the scholastics, particularly Saint Thomas Aquinas, and of the intimate connection between their doctrine and that of the church fathers.
From that time until the end of his life, his only concern was the restoration of Christian philosophy, in which by his writings, lectures and conversation, he was of supreme assistance to Pope Leo XIII. With this object, in 1840, he founded Louisiana Scienza e la Fede, a periodical which was continued until 1887 by his disciples and associates, Signoriello and d"Amelio. Gaetano Sanseverino died in Naples of cholera on November 16, 1865, at age 54.