Don Giovanni Calabria Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-71

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This archive contains Italian publications relating to the life and work of Don Giovanni Calabria.

Dates

Created: 1955-1979

Creator

Calabria, Giovanni, Saint, 1873-1954. (Person)

Biographical or Historical Information

Fr. Giovanni Calabria, an Italian priest, first writes to C.S. Lewis in September 1947 after reading the Italian translation of Lewis’s book, The Screwtape Letters. Their letters were in Latin since Calabria did not know English, and their correspondence continued for eight years until Calabria’s death in 1954.

Extent

1.00 box : 6 folders

0.3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A selection of various materials relating to Don Giovanni Calabria of Verona, Italy (1873-1954), who corresponded with C.S. Lewis in Latin from 1947 to 1954.

Related Materials

Researchers interested in this archive may also wish to consult the following resources in the Wade Center holdings:

Lewis, C. S. and Don Giovanni Calabria. The Latin Letters of C. S. Lewis. Martin Moynihan. South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press, 1998. (Stored in the Wade Center book collection)

Wade Center C.S. Lewis letter collection (the originals of these letters are stored in the Archives in Verona, Italy).

Other materials in the Wade Center holdings may relate to the topics in this archive. See the archivist for further research assistance.