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Giovanni Francesco Fara

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Occupation
  
Historian

Name
  
Giovanni Fara


Died
  
1591, Bosa, Italy

Education
  
Collegio di Spagna

Born
  
February 4, 1543 Sassari (
1543-02-04
)

Giovanni Francesco Fara (February 4, 1543 - 1591) was a Sardinian historian, geographer and clergyman, who wrote in Latin.

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Biography

Giovanni Francesco Fara, the son of a solicitor, was born into one of the most illustrious families in Sassari. His early studies were done in Sardinia. He studied law and philosophy at Collegio di Spagna. He also attended the lectures of the jurist Camillo Porzio. He collected information for his writings in Pisa, Florence, Bologna and Rome. He was appointed Archpriest of the Cathedral of Sassari on December 6, 1568. He was appointed Bishop of Bosa in 1591, and died there the same year. His large library was donated to the University of Cagliari.

Works

  • Tractatus de essentia infantis, proximi infantiae et proximi pubertatis (1567)
  • De rebus sardois (four books, the first published in 1580, the rest in 1835)
  • De corographia Sardiniae (unpublished until the nineteenth century)

    • Fara is considered the "father of Sardinian history."

    References

    Giovanni Francesco Fara Wikipedia
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