Leo Allatius

Leo Allatius
Leo Allatius, portrait in the Collegio Greco of Rome, Italy
Born
Λέων Αλλάτιος (Leon Allatios)

c. 1586
Chios (Sanjak of Sakız), Ottoman Empire
DiedJanuary 1669 (aged c. 83)
Rome, Papal States
OccupationGreek literature, Theology, Philosophy and Medicine
Literary movementItalian Renaissance

Leo Allatius (Greek: Λέων Αλλάτιος, Leon Allatios, Λιωνής Αλάτζης, Lionis Allatzis; Italian: Leone Allacci, Allacio; Latin: Leo Allatius, Allacius; c. 1586 – January 1669) was a Greek scholar, theologian, and keeper of the Vatican library.

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