AMADUZZI, Giovanni Cristofano (Ioannes Christophorus Amadutius)
AMADUZZI, Giovanni Cristofano (Ioannes Christophorus Amadutius). Savignano di Romagna near Rimini 18.8.1740 — Rome 21.1.1792. Italian Classical and Oriental Scholar. Educated at the Episcopal Seminary in Rimini. Joined the Minorite order. In 1762 he came to Rome, and began the study of Oriental languages. From 1769 Professor of Greek at…