Vito Maria Amico

Life He was born in Catania to Vito Amico and Anna Statella, both from Catanese noble families. He entered the Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena in Catania aged sixteen, becoming its prior aged 34. He later became overall prior of all 25 Benedictine monasteries in Messina, Militello, Castelbuono and Monreale and was made abbot in 1757.

Works Sicilia sacra disquisitionibus, et notitiis illustrata... (Panormi, 1733–1734) (Online edition: tomo I, 1733) Catania illustrata, sive sacra et civilis urbis Catanae Historia... (Catanae, 1740–1746) (Online edition: parte II, 1741; parte III, 1741; parte IV, 1746) De recta civilis Historiae comparandae ratione (Catanae, 1744) Dei limiti intorno ai quali deve contenersi la sana e saggia critica, e della esorbitanza dello scrivere (Catanae, 1744) Lexicon topographicum Siculum... (Panormi, 1757–1760) (Online edition: volume I, parts I-II, 1757; volume II, 1759; volume III, 1760)

Published posthumously

Dizionario topografico della Sicilia di Vito Amico, translated from Latin and annotated by Gioacchino Di Marzo (Palermo, 1855–1856) (Online edition: Volume I, first edition, 1855; Volume I, second edition, 1858)