PAGI, ANTONI, a very famous Conclier, and one
of the ablest critics of his time, was born at Rogne
in Provence in 1624. He took the habit in the convent
at Aix in 1641, and was at length four times provin-
cial of his order; but his religious duties did not prevent
his vigorous application to the study of chronology and
ecclesiastical history, in which he excelled. His most
considerable work is, A Critique upon the Annals of
Baronius; where, following the learned cardinal year
by year, he has rectified an infinite number of mistakes
both in chronology and in the representation of facts.
He published the first volume in 1689, dedicated to the
clergy of France, who allowed him a pension: the
whole was printed after his death, in 4 vols folio, at
Geneva, in 1705, by the care of his nephew Francis
Pagi, of the same order. He wrote some other things
before his death, which happened in 1699; and had the
character of an able historian as well as of a learned and
candid critic. His nephew Francis, above mentioned,
wrote A Chronological Abridgement of the History of
the Popes, in Latin, 3 vols 4to. Francis had also a
nephew, Anthony Pagi, who added three more volumes
to the History of the Popes; of which two more were
intended, if not executed.