Leo Allatius | |
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 Leo Allatius, portrait in the Collegio Greco of Rome, Italy | |
| Born | Λέων Αλλάτιος (Leon Allatios) c. 1586 Chios (Sanjak of Sakız), Ottoman Empire |
| Died | January 1669 (aged c. 83) Rome, Papal States |
| Occupation | Greek literature, Theology, Philosophy and Medicine |
| Literary movement | Italian Renaissance |
Leo Allatius (Greek: Λέων Αλλάτιος, Leon Allatios, Λιωνής Αλάτζης, Lionis Allatzis; Italian: Leone Allacci, Allacio; Latin: Leo Allatius, Allacius; c. 1586 – January 1669) was a Greek[1] scholar, theologian, and keeper of the Vatican library.
- ^ Hutton, James (1935). The Greek anthology in Italy to the year 1800. Cornell University Press. p. 263. OCLC 1018945.
LEONE ALLACCI (1586–1669) Allacci was an Ethnic Greek, born in the island of Chios. He was taken by his uncle Michael Nauridis to Italy to be educated, first to Calabria and later (1500) to Rome.