FIOGHI (Fiocchi), FABIANO

FIOGHI (Fiocchi), FABIANO (16th century), Roman Catholic theologian. Born a Jew in Monte Salvino, Fioghi was baptized in Rome, where he was active as teacher and catechist of the Jewish candidates for conversion at the house of catechumens , Fioghi published a missionary tract in Italian, entitled Dialogo fra il Cathecumino et il Padre catechizante… (Rome, 1582); a second edition, Introduttione alla Fede fatta in forma di Dialogo, appeared in Rome in 1628. Even 200 years later R. joshua benzion segre attacked the anti-Jewish introductory and concluding poems of this book. A Hebrew poem by Fioghi, addressed to Pope Gregory XIII, is to be found in the Vatican Library, together with a Latin translation. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: Wolf, Bibliotheca, 4 (1733), 948; M. Soave, in: Vessillo Israelitico, 29 (1881), 270; Vogelstein-Rieger, 2 (1896), 285; G. Sacerdote, in: REJ, 30 (1895), 267; M. Steinschneider, in: MGWJ, 43 (1899), 36; T. Weikart, in: ZHB, 5 (1901), 28 n. 4. (Jefim (Hayyim) Schirmann)