Alberti, Niccolo

Alberti, Niccolo, an Italian ecclesiastic, was born at Palermo, Dec. 20,1652, and entered at an early age the ecclesiastical state. He was soon distinguished for his learning and piety. He died at Palermo, Oct. 16,1707, after the most intense suffering. His Life has been written by Mongitore. He left several works in Italian, some of which have been published, especially Con-. mentas Sacro-istorici della Vita, Dottrina, e Mirsacdli di Gesiu Cristo (Palermo, 1703; Venice, 1716): — La Terrai de Viventi Scoverta a Mortali, cioe lo Stato de Beati in Paradiso (ibid. 1709): — -Oferte Fervorose al SS. Crocefisso, e Maria Imnmacolata (ibid 1713,1714). See Mazzuchelli, Scrittori d Italia. (B. P.)