Paolo Maria Paciaudi (1710 – 1785) was an Italian

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priest,

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, and

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Biography

He born at

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in 1710. He studied at

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, became professor of philosophy at

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, and in 1761 settled at

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as librarian to the grand-duke, who also appointed him his antiquary and director of some public works; besides which he was historiographer of the

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. He died in 1785. The cleric

Ireneo Affò Ireneo Affò (born Davide, 10 December 1741 – 14 May 1797) was an Italian art historian, writer, numismatist and Franciscan friar. Life Affò was born in Busseto in the province of Parma, in the region of Emilia-Romagna. Observin ...

replaced him as librarian in Parma.

Main works

*''De sacris christianorum balneis'' (1750, 4to); *''De cultu S. Joannis Baptistæ antiquitates Christianæ'' (1754, 4to), a masterpiece full of religious minutiae; *''De athletarum κυβιστήσει in palæstra Græcorum commentarius'' (1756, 4to); *''Monumenta Peloponnesiaca'' (1761, 2 vols. 4to); *''Memoirs of the Grand Masters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem'' (1780, 3 vols. 4to); *''Lettres au comte de Caylus'' (1802, 8vo).

Source

* The entry cites: ** Fabroni, ''Vitæ Italorum,'' vol. 14 s.v.; **Leneys, ''Life of Paciaudi prefixed to his Letters to M. de Caylus;'' **Tipaldo, ''Biog. degli Italiani illustri,'' vol. 10, s.v.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paciaudi, Paolo Maria 1710 births 1785 deaths Clergy from Turin Italian librarians Writers from Turin 18th-century Italian writers 18th-century Italian male writers 18th-century Italian historians