Sisto Fabri was a theologian and canon lawyer of the Dominican Order who was appointed Master of the Sacred Palace by Pope Gregory XIII serving from 1580 to 1583, and Master of the Order of Preachers from 1583 to 1589.
10 Facts About Sisto Fabri
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Sisto Fabri entered the Dominican Order in 1556 at the convent of Santa Caterina a Formiello.
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Sisto Fabri was later sent to Bologna to study canon law.
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In 1576 while prior of the convent at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Sisto Fabri taught theology at the University of Rome.
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In 1580 Sisto Fabri was appointed Master of the Sacred Palace by Pope Gregory XIII.
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Sisto Fabri was asked in 1581 to examine the texts of Michel de Montaigne who was travelling through Rome at the time.
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In 1582 Sisto Fabri collaborated on the new edition of the Corpus iuris canonici for Pope Gregory.
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In 1584 Sisto Fabri received what was probably an honorary doctorate from the University of Ferrara.
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Sisto Fabri then retired to Florence under the protection of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
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Sisto Fabri returned to Rome only after the death of Pope Sixtus V and lived the remaining years of his life at the convent of Santa Sabina where he was buried in 1594.