Orazio Antonio Bologna

Orazio Antonio Bologna (born 8 June 1945) is an Italian classical philologist, and poet writing in Latin and fabulist of life.

Biography Bologna was born in Pago Veiano. He studied at the University of Naples Federico II and graduated in 1975 with title of doctor. Several years later, Bologna graduated from the Pontifical Superior Institute for Latin (Latin: Pontificium Institutum Altioris Latinitatis).

He became a deacon in 1970 but was refused ordination to the priesthood.

From 1975 to 2010 Bologna was teaching Latin and Greek in various Roman high schools, the last one being Giulio Cesare Classical High School. Since 2001 at the age of 56 he has been an Visiting Professor of Latin composition, and Latin as well as Green literature and metric at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.

He is a Vice President of the Collectanea Philologica periodical published at the University of Lodz. As of 2023 he is no longer a member (exclusion) of Pontifical Academy for Latin. thumb

Publications In 1975, he published Archiloco, Poggobonsi

In 2010, he published Manfredi tra scomunica e redenzione, Sentieri Meridiani, Foggia

In 2013, he published Manfredi di Svevia. Impero e Papato nella concezione di Dante, LAS, Rome

In 2014, he published Pontifici sit Musa dicata Pio, Rome

In 2017, he published Gonzagide, an epic poem in 4 books (15th century), Viella, Rome – the volume received an honourable mention from Istituto di Studi Romani in 2019.

In 2018, he published Alle falde d'Elicona. Influssi mesopotamici sui miti greci, IF Press, Rome

In 2019, he published Dizionario pajàno-italiano, Rome

In 2020, he published Dialetto di Pago Veiano - Grammatica normativa; Fergen;

In 2021, he published Dialetto di Pago Veiano - Lessico ortoepico e ortografico con cenni di vita e costumanze locali; Fergen,

In 2021, he published La Divina Commedia - Le terzine più famose, Fergen;

In 2021, he published Dal Corano alla Divina Commedia; Diarkos

In 2022, he published Carmina Latina - Vita poesi dicata; Viella

His Latin and Italian works are also published in:

Archivum Anatolicum, Ankara University Sallesianum, Salesian Pontifical University Collectanea Philologica, University of Lodz Latinitas, old and new series Vox Latina Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia Some of his poems are also collected in Modern Latin Poetry – Poematia Moderna