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AGOSTINO STEUCO [in Latin STEUCHUS or...

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 905 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGOSTINO See also:STEUCO [in Latin STEUCHUS or EUGUBINUS] (1406-15:19)  , See also:Italian See also:scholar and divine, was See also:born at See also:Gubbio in See also:Umbria . In 1513 he entered the See also:congregation of the canons of St Saviour, and for some years earned his living by teaching See also:Oriental See also:languages, See also:theology and antiquities . In 1525 he became librarian of the See also:convent of Sant' See also:Antonio at See also:Venice, returning later to Gubbio as See also:prior of his congregation . In 1538 he was made See also:bishop of Chisamo in See also:Crete, but returned after a See also:year or two to See also:Rome, where in 1542 he succeeded Alessandro as See also:prefect of the Vatican Library . He wrote many See also:works on sacred antiquities and See also:Bible exegesis . Sec Hocfcr, Nouvelle biographic generale (See also:Paris, 1857-1870) .

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