Giovanni Marangoni (1673–1753) was a

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priest and antiquarian.

Biography

He was born in

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, and became a canon at the Cathedral of

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, and later an apostolic protonotary. He was named custodian of the

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.Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 3, by Felice Scifoni, David Passigli, publisher, Florence (1844); page 907.

Works

* ''Delle memorie sacre e profane dell'anfiteatro di Roma, volgarmente detto il Colosseo'' (about the

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) (1746) * ''Istoria dell'antichissimo oratorio, o Capella di San Lorenzo nel patriarchio lateranense, comunemente appellato

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, e della celebre immagine del SS. Salvatore detta Acheropita, che ivi conservasi'' (Stamperia San Michele, Rome, 1747).
''Il Divoto Pellegrino Guidato, ed Istruito nella Visita delle quattro Basiliche di Roma, per il Giubileo dell'Anno Santo 1750.''
Stamperia del Characas, presso San Marco al Corso, Rome, 1749. * ''Grandezze dell'Arcangelo San Michele nella Chiesa Trionfante, Militante, e Purgante, esposte in Dieci Lezioni, ed altrettante Meditazioni, e Considerazioni''. Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel, 1739. * ''Delle Cose Gentilesche e Profane Trasportate Ad Uso, e Adornamento delle Chiese''. Stamperia di Niccolò e Marco Pagliarini, 1744. * ''Delle Memorie Sagre e Civili dell'Antica Citta di Novana, oggi Civitanova, nella Provincia del Piceno''. Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel. 1743.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marangoni Giovanni 1673 births 1753 deaths 18th-century Italian writers 18th-century Italian male writers Italian antiquarians People from Vicenza