Vito Maria Amico | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 October 1762 | (aged 65)
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation(s) | Christian monk, university teacher, medievalist, geographer |
Title | abbot |
Academic background | |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Medieval studies |
Sub-discipline | History of Sicily, Topography |
Institutions | University of Catania |
Influenced | Gioacchino Di Marzo[1] |
Vito Maria Amico (15 February 1697 - 5 December 1762) was an Italian monk, historian and writer. He is most notable for the last work published in his lifetime, Lexicon topographicum Siculum..., a topographical dictionary of Sicily published between 1757 and 1760, describing its history, settlements and best-known families, monuments and churches.