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''' Orazio Marucchi''' (1852-1931) was an Italian scholar.

==Biography==
Orazio Marucchi was born in Rome [Italy], on Nov 10, 1852.

He was a student of [[Giovanni Battista de Rossi]], with whom he collaborated in the study and exploration of the ancient catacombs of Rome. 

He was director of the Vatican Egyptian and Lateran Museums, succeeded de Rossi as director of the Roman catacombs, and launched the ''Bullettino di archeologia cristiana''. Since 1905 he was professor of Christian Archaeology at the University of Rome. 

Marucchi died in Rome [Italy] on January 31, 1931.
 
==Works on Christian Origins==

====Books====

*[[Le memorie degli apostoli Pietro e Paolo in Roma (1894 Marucchi), book]]

*[[Le catacombe romane (1903 Marucchi), book]]

*[[Manuel d'archéologie chrétienne (1906 Marucchi), book]]
**[[Manuale di archeologia cristiana (1908 Marucchi), book (Italian ed.)]]
**[[Handbuch der christlichen Archäologie (1912 Marucchi / Segmüller), book (German ed.)]] 
**[[Manual of Christian Archeology (1935 Marucchi / Vecchierello), book (English ed.)]]

*[[Epigrafia cristiana (1910 Marucchi), book]]

==Online biography==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orazio_Marucchi Wikipedia.en]
*[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/orazio-marucchi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani.it] 



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