Giuseppe Catalani
Giuseppe Catalani, also known as Catalano or Catalanus, was a Roman Catholic liturgist of the eighteenth century, a member of the Hieronymite Oratory of San Girolamo della Carità.
He remains famous for his correct editions of the chief liturgical books of the Roman Church, some of which are still in habitual use, and which he enriched with scholarly commentaries illustrative of the history, rubrics and canon law of the Roman Liturgy. Among these are the Pontificale Romanum, with an introduction and notes, and based on the best manuscripts; Caeremoniale episcoporum ; Sacrarum Caeremoniarum sive rituum ecclesiasticorum S. R. ecclesiae libri tres... ; Rituale Romanum Benedicti XIV jussu editum et auctum....
Catalani is also the author of works on the history, series, duties and privileges of two important curial offices: De Magistro Sacri Palatii libri duo and De Secretario S. Congregatione Indicis libri duo. He also published annotated editions of two spiritual works: the letter of St. Jerome A Nepotianum suum.
Catalani composed a historical treatise on the reading of the Gospels at Mass, its origin, ancient usages, etc.. He also prepared an edition of the decrees of the ecumenical councils, which Father Hurter calls a very learned work: "Sacrosancta concilia oecumenica commentariis illustrata".
Finally, he published a new edition of Cardinal d'Aguirre's Collectio maxima conciliorum Hispaniae et Novi Orbis, i.e. of Mexico and South America.