Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti
Italian cardinal and hyperpolyglot
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- Doctorate Theology University of Bologna
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti was an Italian cardinal and famed hyperpolyglot. Life Born to humble parents in Bologna, he showed exceptional mnemonic skills as well as a flair for music and foreign language learning from a very young age. He studied with the Piarists where he had the chance to meet several missionaries from various countries. By speaking with them he began learning several new languages including Swedish, German, Spanish and South American native languages as well as studying Latin and ancient Greek in school. He completed his theological studies before he had reached the minimum age for ordination as a priest. During this period he also studied Asian languages; in 1797 he was ordained a priest and became professor of Arabic, Hebrew, Asian languages and Greek at the University of Bologna. In 1797, an English couple, Georgiana Hare-Naylor and her husband, had to return home. They left three of their children in the care of Professor Clotilde Tambroni and a Spanish priest, and they appointed Mezzofanti tutor to their eldest son. This was thought an odd decision but Georgiana kept her own counsel, and her eldest later attributed his love of learning to the time he spent that year.
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