# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-obicini
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:54:03.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-obicini"
name: "Thomas Obicini"
slug: "thomas-obicini"
description: "Thomas Obicini of Novara was an Italian Franciscan friar, originally from Nonio, not far from Novara. As an early orientalist, Arabist and linguist, he translated Arabic texts into Latin and took possession of the Grotto of Nazareth for the Franciscan order in 1620."
tagline: "Italian orientalist (1585-1632)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tommaso_Obicini_da_Novara_(1585-1632).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1585-11-09"
deathDate: "1632-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.02
  momentum:             0.410958904109589
  historical:           5.869402666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommaso_Obicini"
    title: "Tommaso Obicini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "توماسو أوبيتشيني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Obicini"
    title: "Thomas Obicini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%96%D1%87%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Томас Обічіні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommaso_Obicini"
    title: "Tommaso Obicini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommaso_Obicini"
    title: "Tommaso Obicini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7792863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump