Angelica Library
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Angelica Library (Italian: Biblioteca Angelica) at Rome, it is a public library in Italy, placed in the Piazza Sant'Agostino square, next to the church of Sant'Agostino, not far from Piazza Navona.
The library holds about 180,000 volumes of manuscripts (among them Codex Angelicus), which formerly belonged to the Augustinians. They are important for our knowledge of the history of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
The library was established in 1604 by Angelo Rocca (1546-1620), and belonged to the Augustinian monastery. It was the first library in Italy opened for a public service (in 1609).
Since 1940 the library housed the archives of the Academy of Arcadia.
Since 1975 the library is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture.
[edit] See also
"Angelo Rocca". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
