Sadov Aleksander

Sadov Aleksander (1850‒1930) – classical philologist.

He was born in the family of a priest; in 1860-1866, he studied at the Nizhny Novgorod Spiritual Seminary; in 1872-1876 – at the St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy. After it, he got the rank of Candidate in theology and started to teach Latin at the Academy. In 1877-1880, he was sent abroad; and in 1882, he got his Master degree for his thesis ‘Bessarion of Nicaea: His Activity at the Ferrara-Florence Council, Theological Compositions, and Significance for the History of the Humanism’ (publ.: St. Petersburg, 1883). His Doctor thesis was ‘The Ancient Christian Writer Lactantius’ (publ.: St. Petersburg, 1895).

Since 1887, he was free lance Professor of the St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy; since 1896 – Full Professor; since 1902 – Honoured Professor. He was Member of the Educative Committee of the Most Holy Synod, a member and Secretary of the St. Petersburg Ecclesiastic Censorship Committee, editor of ecclesiastic magazines.

When spiritual academies were closed in 1918, he went to Kharkov (1919), then to Kherson – there, in 1920-1921, he taught classical languages at the Teachers-Training Institute. In 1921, he returned to Petrograd, worked at the State Public Library. He retired in 1925.

Compositions

Bessarion of Nicaea at the Ferrara-Florence Council // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1882, No 1-2, pp. 94-137; No 3-4, pp. 309-337; No 5-6, pp. 598-624. (in Rus.)
Bessarion of Nicaea // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1883, No 11-12, pp. 657-669. (in Rus.)
Religious and Moral Views of Quintus Horatius Flaccus // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1886, No 9-10, pp. 380-402; No 11-12, pp. 591-617. (in Rus.)
The World of Deads in the Description of Publius Vergilius Maro // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1887, No 5-6, pp. 560-577; No 7-8, pp. 94-111. (in Rus.)
A New Research on the View of Philosopher Seneca at Christianity // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1887, No 9-10, pp. 457-466. (in Rus.)
The Worldview of Publius Ovidius Naso // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1888, No 7-8, pp. 162-180. (in Rus.)
Religious Scepticism in Rome before Christ // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1889, No 3-4, pp. 427-450. (in Rus.)
The Theology of Sextus Propertius: An Essay from the Religious History of Rome // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1890, No 7-8, pp. 175-186. (in Rus.)
Lactantius // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1892, No 1-2, pp. 103-130; 1892, No 9-10, pp. 438-467; No 11-12, pp. 685-709. (in Rus.)
An Essay on the History of Roman Religion // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1896, No 7-8, pp. 146-177. (in Rus.)
The Moral Maxims in the Most Ancient Roman Literature (before the Cicero Time) // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1897, No 12, pp. 795-809. (in Rus.)
The Meaning of the Word Religio at Ancient Romans // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1897, No 6, pp. 829-841. (in Rus.)
The Theology and Ethic of Enlightened Roman Pagans of the First Century of Christianity // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1899, No 9, pp. 501-518. (in Rus.)
Calling of Roman Pagans to the High Divine Power at the Start of a new Affair // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1901, No 8, pp. 224-237. (in Rus.)
Latin Ancient-Christian Poetry // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1904, No 10, pp. 469-492. (in Rus.)
Latin Language in Its Evolution: an Essay // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1910, No 5-6, pp. 714-731. (in Rus.)
Latin Language in the Liturgy of Ancient Western Church // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1912, No 2, pp. 157-179. (in Rus.)
From the History of Interpretation of the Old Latin and St Jerome Text of the Bible: an Essay // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1913, No 2, pp. 214-238. (in Rus.)
Folk and Common-Day Latin in the Old West, particularly, Among Christians // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1914, No 1, pp. 78-101. (in Rus.)
An Issue of Local Latin in the Context of Its Influence at the Latin Language of Ancient Western Christians // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1914, No 6, pp. 792-810. (in Rus.)
The Influence of Education and Literary Tastes of His Time at the Language of Ancient Western Christians // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1915, No 3, pp. 285-303; No 4, pp. 445-466. (in Rus.)
A Survey of the Language of Pope Gregory I (on the Base of His Letters) // Khristianskoe chtenie. 1916, No 3, pp. 257-282. (in Rus.)

About him

Malein А. I. N. I. Sadov // Encyclopedic Lexicon of Brockhaus and Ephrone. Vol. 28а, 1900, p. 59; vol. 2а, 1907, p. 567. (in Rus.)
Ostroy О. S. N. I. Sadov // Personnel of the Russian National Library ‒ Actors of Research and Culture: Biographical Lexicon, in 4 vol.; Internet-resource: http://www.nlr.ru/nlr_history/persons/info.php?id=153 (Date of request: 01.10.2017) (in Rus.)

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