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SACOPO FACCIOLATI (1682-1769)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SACOPO

FACCIOLATI (1682-1769)  ,
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Italian philologist, was born at Torriglia, in the province of Padua, in 1682 . He owed his
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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
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schools, Facciolati was the ornament of the Paduan university during a period of
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forty-five years . He published improved
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editions of several philological
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works, such as the Thesaurus Ciceronianus of Nizolius, and the polyglot vocabulary known under the name of Calepino . The latter
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work, in which he was assisted by his pupil Egidio Forcellini, he completed in four years—1715 to 1719 . It was written in seven
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languages, and suggested to the editor the idea of his opus magnum, the Totius Latinitatis
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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
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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
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history of the university of Padua, carrying it en to his own day . Facciolati was known over all
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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
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Portugal, to accept the directorship of a college at Lisbon for the young
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nobility . He died in 1769 .

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

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

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