Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi

Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi (18 August 1740 – 21 January 1792) was a distinguished Italian philologist who flourished during the latter half of the eighteenth century. He was born at Savignano sul Rubicone, near Rimini, and studied in Rimini under the celebrated scholar Giovanni Bianchi. Amaduzzi served as superintendent of the press connected with the Propaganda college at Rome, and as professor of Greek at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He is credited with giving the world several fragments of ancient authors. Additionally, he wrote the preface to 'Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum', a grammar of the Malayalam language published in 1772. Amaduzzi died in Rome on 21 January 1792 and was honored with a public funeral. His eulogy was delivered by Isidoro Bianchi before the Academy of Mantua. His scholarly pursuits encompassed civil and canon law, ecclesiastical history, archaeology, and Greek and Oriental literature.