Gregorio Leti

Portrait of Gregorius Leti published in his "Vita di Don Pietro Giron duca d Ossuna", Volume 2, 1699
Engraving of Gregorio Leti
Print from Leti's Critique historique, politique, morale, économique, & comique sur les lotteries

Gregorio Leti (29 May 1630 – 9 June 1701) was an Italian historian and satirist from Milan, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Abbe Gualdi, L'abbé Gualdi,[1] or Gualdus[2] known for his works about the Catholic Church, especially the papacy. All of his publications were listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.[3]

  1. ^ Jewett, Charles Coffin. On the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries, and their Publication by Means of Separate Stereotyped titles. ISBN 1-4021-7529-9. p. 78.
  2. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope Innocent X" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. ^ Ambrosini, Maria Luisa, and Willis, Mary. 1996. The Secret Archives of the Vatican. Barnes & Noble Publishing. ISBN 0-7607-0125-3. p. 138.

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