Anthony F. Ciampi

The Reverend Anthony F. Ciampi SJ
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
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 (1816-01-29)January 29, 1816 Rome, Papal States
Died	November 24, 1893(1893-11-24) (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

Anthony F. Ciampi SJ (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]

Early life[]

Portrait of Ciampi seated

Antonio F. Ciampi was born on January 29, 1816 in Rome, Papal States, to a prominent family. One of his uncles was Giuseppe Cardinal 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 James A. Ryder, the president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, to become a missionary to the United States; Ciampi accepted and sailed for 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., aged 77, and was buried in the Jesuit Community Cemetery at Georgetown.^[4]

References[]

Sources[]

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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[]

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