Biography[edit]

Almici was born at Brescia, of a noble family.^[2] He became a member of the Congregation of the Oratory at a very early age, and devoted himself to the study of theology, Greek, and Hebrew, the Bible, chronology, sacred and profane history, antiquities, criticism, diplomacy, and liturgy. He gained a strong reputation among his contemporaries for his scholarship.^[1]


He has left critical reflections on the work of Febronius's De Statu Ecclesiae (1763), together with some treatises, part of which are still in manuscript.^[2] His Méditations sur la vie et les écrits du P. Sarpi is a critical examination of Paolo Sarpi's partisan history of the Council of Trent.^[1]


He wrote under multiple pseudonyms, including Callimaco Limi, Callimaco Mili, and N. N.^[3]


His brother Giambattista Almici was a celebrated Italian jurist.^[2]