Orazio Marucchi (1852-1931), scholar

Orazio Marucchi (1852-1931) was an Italian scholar. A student of Giovanni Battista de Rossi, he was the 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.

Works

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

Biography

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References

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