Stefano Antonio Morcelli

Stefano Antonio Morcelli
Stefano Antonio Morcelli
Personal
Born
Gianni Antonio Morcelli

(1737-01-17)January 17, 1737
DiedJanuary 1, 1822(1822-01-01) (aged 84)
ReligionRoman Catholicism
NationalityItalian
Parent(s)Francesco Morcelli and Giovanna Morcelli (née Della Rocca)
Alma materRoman College
OccupationJesuit, epigraphist, librarian
Organization
OrderSociety of Jesus
Senior posting
Ordination3 November 1753

Stefano Antonio Morcelli (17 January 1737 – 1 January 1822) was an Italian Jesuit scholar, known as an epigraphist. His work De stilo Latinarum inscriptionum libri III, published in three volumes in 1781, which shows a rigorous method, a novelty and originality of approach, as well as a solid preparation, gave him his European fame and is considered a milestone in the development of epigraphy.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mazzoleni 2012.
  2. ^ Sandys, Sir John Edwin (1919). Latin Epigraphy: An Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 29.