Giovanni Francesco Fara ( Italian: Giovanni Francesco Fara ; February 4, 1543 , Sassari - 1591 , Bosa ) - an outstanding Sardinian historian , prose writer , geographer , humanist of the XVI century , clergyman , bishop of Bosa . The doctor is both right . It is considered the "father of the history of Sardinia."
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Selected Works
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Born in a noble family of the city of Bosa . His father was a solicitor . He received his primary education in Sardinia, then moved to Pisa . He studied law and philosophy at the Royal Spanish College (Collegio di Spagna) in Bologna . I listened to the lectures of the famous historian Camillo Porzio . Returning to Pisa, in 1567 received a doctorate in both rights . In the same year he published in Florence a treatise De essentia infantis in Latin, the only work that has survived to this day.
He collected information for his works in Pisa, Florence, Bologna and Rome .
In 1568 he returned to Sassari , where he became archpriest of the local church. Later, he held important church posts, in 1591 he was appointed Bishop of Bosa .
He died the same year.
His large library was donated to the University of Cagliari .
Selected Works
- Tractatus de essentia infantis, proximi infantiae et proximi pubertatis (1567)
- De rebus sardois (4 volumes, first ed. In 1580, the rest in 1835)
- De corographia Sardiniae (published in the 19th century)
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 100470254 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ National Library Network of Italy - 1985.
- ↑ Swartz A. Open Library - 2007.
Links
- Fara, Giovanni Francesco (Italian)
- Fara, Giovanni Francesco (Italian)