Clemente Sibiliato or Sibilato (10 February 1719 - 14 February 1795) was an

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cleric, poet, and librarian. He was born in

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, near Padua. In a seminary of Padua, her entered religious order, and became a professor at the young age of 25 years. By 1759, he was named professor of Latin and Greek at the

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. He often wrote poems dedicated to patrons and occasions. He became a member of the Accademia dei Ricovrati and the ''Reale Accademia di scienze e belle lettere'' of Mantua. In 1792, he published the biography of the mathematician Giuseppe Torelli (1721 – 1781). Among his other works are:Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 67. *''Oratio in funere Benedicti XIV'' (1738) *''De Eloquenti marci Foscarini Venetorm ducis'' *''Dissertazione sopra il quesito: Se la poesia influisea nel bene dello stato, e comepssa essere l'oggetto dell politica.'' *''Memoria dopra lo spirto filosofico delle belle lettere'' *''Lettere del Conte Algarotti e dell'Abate Sibiliato sopra la spiegazione di due passi di Virgilio nel libro II della Georgica'' *''Saggio di discorsi per ciascun giorno della quaresima del signor abate di Breteville'' *''Principi di religione, ossi Preservativo contro l'incredulita''

Bibliography

*Galtarossa Massimo
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
edited by Treccani.

References

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