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Ermenegildo Pistelli

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Ermenegildo Pistelli
Bust of Pistelli in Camaiore, Italy
Born(1862-02-18)February 18, 1862
DiedJanuary 14, 1927(1927-01-14) (aged 64)
NationalityItalian

Ermenegildo Pistelli (February 18, 1862[1] – January 14, 1927) was an Italian papyrologist, palaeographer, philologist and presbyter.

Biography

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Born in Camaiore in 1862, Pistelli was a pupil of Girolamo Vitelli and finished his philological studies in Florence. He became a Piarist in 1884. Since 1903 he taught Latin and Ancient Greek at the Istituto di Studii Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento (the modern University of Florence) and in 1921 became corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei.[2]

He oversaw the publication of various works ranging from Giovanni Pascoli's poems to works about Dante Alighieri to ancient papyrus texts;[2] as a papyrologist, he examined numerous manuscripts found at Oxyrhynchus, e.g. Papyrus 2, 35, 36, Uncial 0171, 0173. Pistelli also was a prolific writer of reviews, critical essays and prose works on various subjects, as well as works for young readers.[2]

He died in Florence in 1927.

Significant works

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References

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  1. ^ Inscription on a plaque (visible on Commons) placed at his birthplace in Camaiore.
  2. ^ a b c (in Italian) Ermenegildo Pistelli on the Treccani Encyclopedia