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Fornaini, Luigi Antonio

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FORNAINI, LUIGI ANTONIO. - Vallombrosan abbot, b. 14 Dec. 1756 at Massa Cozzile, d. 29 June 1838 at Florence. He was a pupil of Leto Guidi. Ordained a priest, he became administrator of the abbey of Vallombrosa, where he became famous for his agrarian and forestry studies, so much so that, after the monks were driven out by Napoleon, he remained alone to oversee the forests, which had become state property.

Besides the work Dai doveri dei sudditi verso il Principe and Del Principe verso i sudditi (Florence 1815), he left the treatise Della coltivazione degli abeti (ibid. 1804) and a Saggio sopra l'utilità di ben conservare e preservare le foreste (ibid. 1825), still of lively relevance today.

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BIBL.: A. Pavari, D. L. A. F., in Il Faggio vallombrosano, July-Aug. 1938; E. Lucchesi, Un imique cultore di buchi e foreste: l'ab. d. L. A. F., in Atti della Soc. Colombaria fiorentina, Florence 1938-39.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1527.

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Donna, Giovanni. “Fornaini, luigi antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1527. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fornaini-luigi-antonio.

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Donna, Giovanni. “Fornaini, luigi antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1527. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fornaini-luigi-antonio.

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  author    = {Donna, Giovanni},
  title     = {Fornaini, luigi antonio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1527},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/fornaini-luigi-antonio}
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