Fernando La Greca

Biographic Data

ID6942222
NAMEFernando La Greca
GIVEN NAMESFernando
FAMILY NAMELa Greca
SIGNATURELA GRECA F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Salerno
ORCID0000-0001-7548-1572
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The Traditions of the Nativity and Epiphany Between Faith and Science

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Fernando La GrecaARTICLEScientia et Fides2025

    In Western tradition, the Nativity of Jesus is placed on December 25, 1 BC, according to the calculation made by Dionysius Exiguus in the sixth century. In Eastern tradition, January 6 is associated with both the birth of Jesus and the Epiphany (visit of the Magi). The historicity of events related to the Star of Bethlehem and the accuracy of tradition in determining the beginning of the Christian era have long been debated. This study, conducted…

  • The “Galenic Question”

    Open AccessFernando La Greca, Liberato De Caro et al.ARTICLEHistories2024

    How many different writers authored the huge number of texts attributed to Galen of Pergamum (129~216 Anno Domini (AD)), medical doctor and philosopher, a giant in the history of medicine? The quest to find out which texts were his and which ones were written by others is known as the “Galenic Question”. We propose a “solution” to it through a multidisciplinary approach based (a) on historical research and (b) on a mathematical analysis of the Gr…

  • The Beginning of the Christian Era Revisited

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHistories2021

    We have re-examined and discussed all chronological, historical and astronomical elements which can be referred to the year of Herod the Great’s death, which occurred—according to Josephus—after a lunar eclipse and before Passover. Since the XIX century, most scholars still assume the eclipse occurred on 13 March 4 BC, so that Dionysius Exiguus was wrong in calculating the beginning of the Christian era—by four years at least—because Herod the Gr…

  • The Search of St. Peter’s Memory ad catacumbas in the Cemeterial Area ad Duos Lauros in Rome

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHeritage2021References: 1

    The purpose of our study is to research Peter’s memory ad catacumbas. According to the Depositio Martyrum—a document of the late Emperor Constantine period—there was no memory of the first St. Peter’s Basilica on the Vatican Hill. We start with a critical analysis on the Roman Basilica attributed to Emperor Constantine in Liber Pontificalis, then we deepen the search of Peter’s memory in the catacombs of the Sts. Marcellinus and Peter (ad Duos La…