Camillo Tarquini

Who was Camillo Tarquini?

Camillo Tarquini was an Italian Cardinal, Jesuit canonist and archaeologist.

Tarquini entered the Society of Jesus on August 27, 1837. Prior to his entrance, Tarquini had published a thesis for his doctorate on canon law: Institutionum juris canonici tabulae synopticae juxta ordinem habitum a Joanne Devote. As a professor, Tarquini held the chair of canon law at the Roman College, and he attracted notice by his explanations of sacred scripture at the Gesu. Besides his published works, he contributed many articles to reviews, notably to the Civilta Cattolica. It is principally as a canonist that he achieved fame. His first work on the law of the Church to bring him into international celebrity was that on the Regium Placet, or Exequatur, for Papal Bulls, which was translated into German, Spanish, and French. This treatise has generally been published as an appendix to his main work on canon law: Juris ecclesiastici publici institutiones, which has gone through many editions. The work was translated into French. Other works on canon law are his treatise on the French Concordat of 1801, and a disquisition on the Pauline privilege.