biography
pronunciation:
[bah(r)tohlee]
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| lived:
| (1608–85)
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| biography:
| Scholar, born in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, NE Italy. A Jesuit, he wrote the Society's official history Istoria della Compagnia di Gesù (1650–73). He also wrote a number of scientific works in support of Galileo, and rhetorical treatises against the Academy of the Crusca's intransigence, including L'uomo di lettere difeso ed emendato (1645). |
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