Francesco Saverio Quadrio

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Francesco Saverio Quadrio (born December 1, 1695 in Ponte in Valtellina , † November 21, 1756 in Milan ) was an Italian priest, historian and writer.

biography

At the age of 15 he entered the Jesuit order. After completing his studies in Bologna , he had the opportunity to meet Cardinal Prospero Lambertini, the future Pope Benedict XIV . He taught in several Italian cities. In 1741 Benedict XIV gave him the opportunity to leave the Jesuits to travel freely as a secular priest. He later moved to Paris . In Milan he was accepted at the Accademia dei Trasformati.

As a polygraph he wrote verse , works of science , history and literary criticism . His first piece is " Il cavaliere errante ", a heroic-comic poem unknown to us because it was created in his youth and destroyed shortly afterwards. Years later he created "Il mondo lunare scoperto" , but his most famous work is "Della storia e della ragione di ogni poesia" (On the story and the reason of every poem) the first part of which was published in 1734 under a pseudonym. The work, which devoured more than ten years of work, is considered to be one of the first attempts at a history of Italian literature . He is also remembered for a work on the Valtellina .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Francesco Saverio Quadrio: Della storia e della ragione d'ogni poesia volumi quattro di Francesco Saverio Quadrio . Francesco Agnelli, Milan 1739 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Giuseppe Maria Andrucci: Della poesia italiana libri due di Giuseppe Maria Andrucci ne 'quali si prima tratta appieno del verso . Cristoforo Zane, Venice 1734 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Francesco Saverio Quadrio: Dissertazioni critico-storiche intorno alla Rezia di qua dalle Alpi, oggi detta Valtellina al santissimo padre Benedetto XIV POM dedicate dall'abate Francesco Saverio Quadrio . stamperia della Società Palatina, Milan 1755 (Italian).

literature

  • Giulio Vallese, Quadrio, Francesco Saverio, in Dizionario Letterario Bompiani. Autori, III, Milano, Valentino Bompiani editore, 1957, p. 252, SBN IT \ ICCU \ PAL \ 0199718.

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personal data
SURNAME Quadrio, Francesco Saverio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian priest, historian and man of letters
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH Ponte in Valtellina
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1756
Place of death Milan