Tommaso Fazello
Italian Dominican friar, historian and antiquarian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tommaso Fazello (Neo-Latin Fazellus, 1498 ā 8 April 1570) was an Italian Dominican friar, historian and antiquarian. He is known as the father of Sicilian history. He is the author of the first printed history of Sicily: De Rebus Siculis Decades Duae, published in Palermo in 1558 in Latin.[1][2] He was born in Sciacca, Sicily[3] and died in Palermo, Sicily.[4]
Tommaso Fazello | |
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Born | 1498 Sciacca, Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | 8 April 1570 (aged 71ā72) Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily |
Occupation | Friar, historian, theologian, priest |
Movement | Renaissance |
Family | Girolamo Fazello |
He rediscovered the ruins of the ancient Sicilian towns of Akrai (modern Palazzolo Acreide), Selinus (modern Selinunte) and Heraclea Minoa. He also rediscovered the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Akragas (modern Agrigento).[5][6]
In 1555, he taught at the Convent of San Domenico, Palermo, which later became the University of Palermo.[7]