Ottavio Gaetani was an Italian Jesuit and historian, writing exclusively in Latin and most notable for his Vitae Sanctorum Siculorum. He is held to be the founder of hagiography in his native Sicily and one of the island's main 16th-century and early 17th-century historians.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1566 to 1620 · aged 53
Written about in
4 languages
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