Sarpi

/ ˈsarpi /

noun

1. SarpiPaolo15521623MItalianMISC: scholarRELIGION: theologianPOLITICS: patriot Paolo (ˈpaolo), real name Pietro Soave Polano . 1552–1623, Italian scholar, theologian, and patriot, who championed the Venetian republic in its dispute with Pope Paul V, arguing against papal absolutism and for the separation of church and state

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Rusticus will find the information he seeks in a Biographical Dictionary under the name Sarpi.

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Sarpi adopted the name of Paul, and is better known by his title Fra Paolo.

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Happily for young Sarpi, she had a brother, master of a celebrated school, under whose direction he was placed by her.

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Paolo Sarpi, the priest and born diplomat, was the hero of Venice during this quarrel with Rome.

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Sarpi was a man of unassailable virtue and integrity, a tactful leader of men, and possessed of intrepidity.

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