SANGERMANO, Vincentius (Vincenzo). Arpino, Lazio 22.4.1758 — Arpino (or Leghorn?) 28.7.1819. Father. Italian Barnabite Missionary in Burma, a Scholar of Pāli and Burmese. Became novice in 1774. Sent to Burma in 1782. After brief stay in Ava worked long time in Rangoon as Principal of a missionary school. He knew well Burmese and Pāli and translated a number of Buddhist texts, which were then as manuscripts used by Burnouf and Lassen. In 1808 he returned to Italy and the Napoleonic wars prevented the plans of a renewed stay in Burma. Instead, he was the President of Barnabite house in Arpino.
Publications: F. Buchanan: “Kammua-za, translated from the Latin version made from Pali by V. S.”, As. Res. 6, 1800, London ed. 1801, 279-289.
– Relazioni del regno Barmano. Rome 1832, English as A Description of the Burmese Empire. Transl. by W. Tundy. 224 p. Or. Tr. Fund 1833, new ed. with notes by J. Jardine as The Burmese empire a hundred years ago. Westminster 1884, 2nd ed. 1893.
Sources: Harris 2006, 17-19; *Fr. Surdich, D.B.I. 90, 2017 (Treccani); Wikipedia.
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