CAPPELLETTI, GIUSEPPE. - Priest and historian, b. in 1803 in Venice, d. there on 2 February 1876.

He first devoted himself to the history of Armenia, translating historical works (Eliseo, storico armeno del V sec., trad. in italiano, Venice 1840; Mosè di Korèu, storico armeno del V sec., trad. in italiano, ibid. 1841) and publishing other writings on that country (L'Armenia, Florence 1841; Storia ecclesiastica armena, ibid. 1842). In 1844, taking up again the plan of Ughelli's Italia sacra, he began his major work Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine ai nostri giorni (21 vols., Venice 1844-70), dedicating it to King Charles Albert. Although quite imperfect and of scant critical value (Lanzoni, I, 24), this work is still useful today thanks to the numerous documents it provides for the individual Italian dioceses. Various works of Venetian history are also his, such as: Storie delle chiese di Venezia (13 vols., ibid. 1849-56); three works of his are on the Index: Contro lo anonimo autore del libello intitolato: Il mechitarista di S. Lazzaro di Venezia (decree 1853); I Gesuiti e la Repubblica di Venezia (decree 1873); Breve storia di Venezia condotta sino ai nostri giorni a facile istruzione popolare (decree 1874).

Bibliography

BIBL.: R. Fulin, G. C., in Archivio veneto, 11 (1876), pp. 215-26.

Silvio Furlani

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Cappelletti, Giuseppe

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