Note 117 — BOOK VI[60]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Pietro Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623), known as Fra Paola and surnamed Servita, a noted Venetian historian, entered the Order of the Servites in 1565. In 1570, he was made professor of philosophy in the Servite Monastery in Venice. He was distinguished, in the controversy with Pope Paul V. (1606-1607), as the champion of free thought. His chief work is the Istoria del Concilio di Trento, published in London in 1619. Fra Paolo was a member of the Council of Ten and consulting theologian to the Venetian Republic.—T.