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- Born:
- Feb. 12, 1608, Ferrara, Papal States [Italy]
- Died:
- Jan. 12, 1685, Rome (aged 76)
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Daniello Bartoli
Italian historian
Daniello Bartoli (born Feb. 12, 1608, Ferrara, Papal States [Italy]âdied Jan. 12, 1685, Rome) was a Jesuit historian and humanist who ranked among classic Italian writers.
Bartoli entered the Society of Jesus in 1623 and wrote the well-known and frequently translated Lâuomo di lettere difeso ed emendato (1645; The Learned Man Defended and Reformed). In addition to writing a history of the Jesuits in Italian, Istoria della Compagnia di GesĂč (1653â73), Bartoli was the biographer of such Jesuit saints as Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, and Francis Borgia.
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