Aldo Ferrabino

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Aldo Ferrabino (26 June 1892, in Cuneo – 30 October 1972, in Rome) was an Italian historian, philosopher, librarian, writer, and poet. A graduate of the University of Turin, he taught ancient history at the University of Padua and the Sapienza University of Rome, later becoming rector at the University of Padua in 1947. From 1948 to 1954, he served in the Italian Senate for the Christian Democracy party. In 1950, he become a correspondent for the Accademia dei Lincei, and the president of the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. From 1954 to 1972, he was president of the Treccani encyclopaedia. In 1956, he was elected the president of the Dante Alighieri Society. In 1957, he co-founded the magazine Il Veltro with Vincenzo Cappelletti. Considered an expert on Christology and the philosophy of history, he was made a Knight of the Civil Order of Savoy in 1970.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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  1. ^ Mazzarino, Santo (1977). Aldo Ferrabino (in Italian). Accademia Naz. dei Lincei. ISBN 978-88-218-0274-4.
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  5. ^ Delzell, Charles F. (1956). Italian Historical Scholarship: A Decade of Recovery and Development, 1945-1955. Department of State, External Research Staff, Office of Intelligence Research. p. 15.
  6. ^ Pimentel, Cristina; Lóio, Ana Maria; Rodrigues, Nuno Simoes; Furtado, Rodrigo (31 January 2021). Augustan Papers: New Approaches to the Age of Augustus on the Bimillennium of his Death. Volume 2. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 626. ISBN 978-3-487-15817-4.
  7. ^ "186 DIPLOMI ONORIFICENZE E DECORAZIONI DI COLLI 1934 1980" (PDF) (in Italian). Quirinale. Retrieved 30 January 2024.