Lionello Puppi (22 December 1931 – 15 September 2018) was an Italian art historian and politician. A native of

Belluno Belluno (; lld, Belum; vec, Belùn) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region ...

born in 1931, he later moved to

Conegliano Conegliano (; Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of people. The remains of a 10th-century castle ar ...

. He began teaching 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 1971. He left for the Ca' Foscari University of Venice in 1991, and retired as professor emeritus in 2005. He represented the Italian Communist Party in the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

from 1985 to 1987, replacing , who died in office. Puppi died in

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

at the age of 86 on 15 September 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Puppi, Lionello 1931 births 2018 deaths Italian art historians 20th-century Italian historians 21st-century Italian historians Senators of Legislature IX of Italy Italian Communist Party politicians People from Belluno Academic staff of the University of Padua People from Conegliano Academic staff of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice Italian male non-fiction writers 20th-century Italian male writers