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...wrote the History of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, and Father Federici Domenico Federici (1739–1808), a scholar who worked on the diplomatic history of Gaeta. wrote that of the Hypati of Gaeta Hypati (Ipati) was a Byzantine title for high-ranking officials or consuls who governed Gaeta.; and both, by producing Bulls, Diplomas, and other records, rescued these from oblivion and increasingly brought human events to light. Through the work of Father Fraja Don Angelo Maria Fraja, a monk and archivist at Monte Cassino., prefect of the Cassinese Archive, ten Sermons of St. Augustine A foundational Father of the Church (354–430 AD). saw the light for the first time in our day, and he deserved well of the republic of letters The "Republic of Letters" was the long-distance intellectual community in the 17th and 18th centuries that fostered the exchange of ideas.. The upheaval to which Europe was subjected, the voice of a century that cries "crucify them" original: "grida la croce"—an allusion to the biblical "Crucify Him," referring here to the intense anti-clerical and anti-monastic movements of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. against monastic orders, if it discouraged the spirit of the Cassinese from literary undertakings, it did not degrade them; and the talent for helping others, of not remaining useless members of society, and the memory of having been the conservators of Wisdom, still makes them promoters of it today.

Even those least knowledgeable in Italian matters are aware of the Cassinese Archive, and of the wealth of manuscripts preserved within it, and of the many things which remain unknown and which would be useful to publish. Among the seven hundred Codices Handwritten books, particularly ancient ones., either written by the hands of the monks or through their care...

HypatiFrom the Greek "hypatos," meaning consul; a title used by the rulers of Gaeta during the period of Byzantine influence.
Republic of lettersItalian: "repubblica letteraria." A term used to describe the international community of scholars and intellectuals.
CodicesPlural of codex; ancient manuscript books, often of vellum or parchment, which replaced the scroll format.