Giacomo Micalori
Italian theologian, philosopher and astronomer
About Giacomo Micalori
Lived 1570 – 1645 (aged 74–75). Giacomo Micalori was an astronomer and catholic priest.
Giacomo Micalori (1570 – 1645) was an Italian theologian, philosopher and astronomer.
Life Born in Urbino in 1570, He was professor of theology and philosophy at the University of Urbino.
His main work in four books, Della sfera mondiale, printed in Urbino in 1626 by Marc' Antonio Mazzantini with many astronomical illustrations, is a relevant work of disclosure against judicial astrology, with details about telescope and zodiac.
He vigorously disputed with Erycius Puteanus (Erik van de Putte) about his proposal of a calendrical date line. He was also author of a comedy and a drama.
Death
He died in Urbino in 1645.
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Italian theologian, philosopher and astronomer (1570-1645)
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Giacomo Micalori died in 1645.
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