Domenico Lazzarini pizzewala(18 August 1668 – 12 July 1734) was an Italian prelate, academic, classicist, playwright and poet, working mainly in

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Biography

He was born in

Morrovalle Morrovalle is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about east of Macerata. Morrovalle borders the following municipalities: Corridonia, Macerata, Monte San Giust ...

near

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. He studied at the Jesuit College in Macerata, graduating in 1687 with a doctorate in philosophy, theology, and jurisprudence '' in utroque iure'' At this young age, he was admitted to the Accademia dei Catenati of Macerata. He was admired for his erudition in both

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and Greek, and in 1690 appointed to a professorship in Macerata. In 1703, he was elected Auditore della Rota in Macerata. He found some detractors in his native town, and found refuge in Bologna under the protection of Cardinal Lorenzo Casoni (1645–1720), legate to Bologna. In 1711, the

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recruited him to teach Greek and Latin at the

University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from B ...

. In 1712, he had been inducted a member of the

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of Padua. He taught in Padua as professor for 23 years until his death.Rime del signor Domenico Lazzarini di Morro patrizio Maceratese
by Domenico Lazzarini, with introduction by Carlo Antonio Pisarri (1737); Page 5-12. His main work is the neoclassical tragedy ''Ulisse il Giovane''.

Works

* ''Ulisse il giovane, tragedia''. Padua. 1720; Milan. 1825. * * * ''L'Elettra di Sofocle'', Bologna, 1737. * * * ''Note ed osservazioni al Lucrezio Caro di Alessandro Marchetti'', Londra (Venice), 1764, 2 vols.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lazzarini Domemico 1668 births 1734 deaths Italian humanists 18th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Italian male writers 18th-century Italian poets People from Macerata Members of the Academy of Arcadians Republic of Venice writers