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FACCIOLATI (1682-1769)  , Italian philologist, was born at Torriglia, in the province of Padua, in 1682 . He owed his admission to the seminary of Padua to Cardinal Barberigo, who had formed a high opinion of the boy's talents . As professor of logic, and regent of the schools, Facciolati was the ornament of the Paduan university during a period of forty-five years . He published improved editions of several philological works, such as the Thesaurus Ciceronianus of Nizolius, and the polyglot vocabulary known under the name of Calepino . The latter work, in which he was assisted by his pupil Egidio Forcellini, he completed in four years—1715 to 1719 . It was written in seven languages, and suggested to the editor the idea of his opus magnum, the Totius Latinitatis Lexicon, which was ultimately published at Cardinal Priole's expense, 4 vols. fol., Padua, 1771 (revised ed. by de Vit, 1858-1887) . In the compilation of this work the chief burden seems to have been borne by Facciolati's pupil Forcellini, to whom, however, the lexicographer allows a very scanty measure of justice . Perhaps the best testimony to the learning and industry of the compiler is the well-known observation that the whole body of Latinity, if it were to perish, might be restored from this lexicon . Facciolati's mastery of Latin style, as displayed in his epistles, has been very much admired for its purity and grace . In or about 1739 Facciolati undertook the continuation of Papadopoli's history of the university of Padua, carrying it en to his own day . Facciolati was known over all Europe as one of the most enlightened and zealous teachers of the time; and among the many flattering invitations which he received, but always declined, was cne it-cm the king of Portugal, to accept the directorship of a college at Lisbon for the young nobility . He died in 1769 .

His history of the university was published in 1757, under the name

Fasti Gymnasii Falavini . In 18o8 a volume containing nine of his Epistles, never before published, was issued at Padua . See J . E . Sandys, Hist . Class . Schoh ii . (19(38) .