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Paolo Maria Paciaudi

Paolo Maria Paciaudi

Italian Theatine priest, antiquarian, and historian

Paolo Maria Paciaudi (1710 – 1785) was an Italian Theatine priest, antiquarian, and historian.

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Biography

He born at Turin in 1710. He studied at Bologna, became professor of philosophy at Genoa, and in 1761 settled at Parma as librarian to the grand-duke, who also appointed him his antiquary and director of some public works; besides which he was historiographer of the Order of Malta. He died in 1785. The cleric Ireneo Affò replaced him as librarian in Parma.

Main works

  • De sacris christianorum balneis (1750, 4to);
  • De cultu S. Joannis Baptistæ antiquitates Christianæ (1754, 4to), a masterpiece full of religious minutiae;
  • De athletarum κυβιστήσει in palæstra Græcorum commentarius (1756, 4to);
  • Monumenta Peloponnesiaca (1761, 2 vols. 4to);
  • Memoirs of the Grand Masters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (1780, 3 vols. 4to);
  • Lettres au comte de Caylus (1802, 8vo).

Source

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers. The entry cites:
    • Fabroni, Vitæ Italorum, vol. 14 s.v.;
    • Leneys, Life of Paciaudi prefixed to his Letters to M. de Caylus;
    • Tipaldo, Biog. degli Italiani illustri, vol. 10, s.v.
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