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Fausto Veranzio

1551-01-01 – 1617-01-27

Portrait of Fausto Veranzio
Retrato de Fausto Veranzio en 1605Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Fausto Veranzio (Latin: Faustus Verantius; Croatian: Faust Vrančić; Hungarian and Vernacular Latin: Verancsics Faustus; c. 1551 – 20 January 1617) was a Croatian polymath, diplomat and bishop from Šibenik, then part of the Republic of Venice. He is a scientist recognised for his genius as both a Croatian and as a Croatian-Hungarian.

Occupation & Career

lexicographer, linguist, diplomat, engineer, architect, Renaissance humanist, inventor, philologist, scientist, Catholic bishop

Education

University of Padua

Faith & Community

Catholic Church

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Dictionarium quinque nobilissimarum Europae linguarum, Latinae, Italicae, Germanicae, Dalmaticae et Ungaricae; Machinae novae Fausti Verantii Siceni; Machinae novae Fausti Verantii Siceni cum declaratione Latina Italica Hispanica Gallica et Germanica; Logica suis ipsius instrumentis formata; Ethica christiana

Legacy Highlights

Church

Catholic Church

Notable Work

Dictionarium quinque nobilissimarum Europae linguarum, Latinae, Italicae, Germanicae, Dalmaticae et Ungaricae · Ethica christiana · Logica suis ipsius instrumentis formata · Machinae novae Fausti Verantii Siceni · Machinae novae Fausti Verantii Siceni cum declaratione Latina Italica Hispanica Gallica et Germanica

Education & Institutions

University of Padua

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q251738 — wikidata View source

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