Carlo Emmanuele Vizzani Explained

Honorific Prefix:Doctor
Birth Date:1617
Birth Place:Bologna, Papal States
Death Place:Rome, Papal States
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:Classical scholar, university teacher, canon lawyer
Parents:Giasone Vizzani and Plautilla Vizzani (née Ghiselli)
Discipline:Ancient Greek Scholar, jurist
Notable Students:Annibale Ranuzzi
Resting Place:Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Carlo Emmanuele Vizzani (161729 October 1661) was an Italian classical scholar, translator, and canonist.

Biography

Carlo Emmanuele Vizzani was born in Bologna in 1617. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy and jurisprudence from the University of Bologna in 1634. He was a professor of logic at the University of Padua, but his knowledge in the classics drew him to Rome, where he occupied a variety of positions: consistorial lawyer, secretary of the Roman Inquisition, Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura, and canon of St. Peter. In 1646 he published a critical edition of Ocellus Lucanus' De universi natura with his own Latin translation.[1] This important work was reissued by Joan Blaeu in 1661.[2] In 1658 Vizzani became rector of the Sapienza University of Rome. He died in 1661 and was buried in the Dominican church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. His funeral monument was designed and sculpted by Domenico Guidi.[3] Vizzani was a member of the Accademia degli Incogniti of Venice and the Accademia dei Gelati of Bologna.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Scifoni, Felice. Dizionario biografico universale. 5. David Passigli. Florence. 1849. 645.
  2. Book: 1661. Amsterdam. Joan Blaeu. De Universi Natura. Textum e Græco in Latinum transtulit, collatisque multis exemplaribus etiam M. SS. emendavit, Paraphrasi, & Commentario illustravit Carolus Emmanuel Vizzanius.
  3. Book: Andrea. Bacchi. Scultura del '600 a Roma. 1996. 811. 9788830413214. Longanesi.