Angelo Mai
Deceased Person
1782 – 1854
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Who was Angelo Mai?
Angelo Mai was an Italian Cardinal and philologist. He won a European reputation for publishing for the first time a series of previously unknown ancient texts. These he was able to discover and publish, first while in charge of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan and then in the same role at the Vatican Library. The texts were often in parchment palimpsests; he was able to read the lower text using chemicals such as Gallic acid. In particular he was able to locate a substantial portion of the long known of and much sought-after De re publica of Cicero.
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- Born
- Mar 7, 1782
Schilpario - Lived in
- Bergamo
- Died
- Sep 8, 1854
Castel Gandolfo
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on July 23, 2013
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