Filippo Ferrari

Filippo Ferrari (Philippus Ferrarius) (1551 – 1626)[1] was an Italian Servite friar and scholar, known as a geographer, and also noted as a hagiographer.

[1] It is near Alessandria, and he was nicknamed Alessandrino (Philippus Ferrarius Alexandrinus).

[4] He was therefore head of the Servites at the time of the Venetian Interdict, and was consulted by Paolo Sarpi in Venice.

[5][6] A detailed account of Ferrari's dealings with Pope Paul V during the confrontation of those years was given by Fulgenzio Micanzio, Sarpi's ally.

[7] It was with Ferrari's approval that Sarpi took up the appointment as theological consultant to Venice on 28 January 1606.