Quotes:Del Duca, Antonio

Zirkoff, Boris

Duca (or Del Duca), Antonio. Sicilian priest born in Cefalu, June 15, 1491; d. in Rome, Oct. 30, 1564. Mainly responsible for the erection of the Church known as the Basilica di S. Maria degli Angeli. For an account of his visions and difficulties, see Mariano Armellini, Le Chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX, Rome, 1942 (Vol. II, p. 1018); P. de Angelis, La Chiesa di S. Maria degli Angeli alle Terme Diocleziane, Rome, Cooper, 1920 (chap, i, ii, and iii); and the history of the erection of this Church based on Del Duca’s correspondence, and preserved by Matteo Catalani, who was for eighteen years the confident of Del Duca. This MS is in the Vatican Library, and is numbered 696-8735.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 10, p. 416