Badia, Carlo Francesco

Badia, Carlo Francesco an Italian preacher, was born at Ancona, June 20, 1675. He preached in the principal cities of Italy, and was appointed, in 1730, president of the University of Turin, where he died May 8, 1751. He wrote, Prediche Quaresimali (Turin and Venice, 1749):-Panegirici, Ragionamenti ed Orazioni Diverse (Venice, 1750). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s.v.