Annibale degli Abati Olivieri (17 June 1708 – 29 September 1789) was an Italian
archaeologist,
numismatist
A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Altho ...
and librarian, considered the founder of the
Biblioteca Oliveriana, Pesaro. An aristocrat without heirs, he was the author of works of archeology and numismatics. He also discovered the site of a Roman sacred grove, the
Lucus Pisaurensis at his property on Collina di Calibano (Hill of Caliban) in the countryside of Pesaro, at which he unearthed the 13
Votive Stones of Pesaro
The Ancient Votive Stones of Pesaro are 13 sandstone rocks that were unearthed in 1737 in a Pesaro, Italy farm field owned by Patrician Annibale degli Abati Olivieri. Oliverio dug up the stones at the site of his newly discovered Lucus Pisaurens ...
.
[''Lucus Pisaurensis: Sacred Grove of Pesaro, Discovered by Annibale degli Abati Olivieri'' http://www.ilpignocco.it/en/about-us/lucus-pisaurensis/]
Biography
Olivieri was born in
Pesaro in 1708. He was educated in
Bologna
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and then went to
Pisa, studying with
Tommaso Romito
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Career
Romito was signed by Napoli in January 2005 and won the promotion with club in 2006. He was out of Napoli plan at Serie B and then Serie A ...
,
Giuseppe Averani
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Biography
The son of a mathematician, he studied arts and law at the University of Pisa. His brother Benedetto Averan ...
and
Luigi Guido Grandi
Guido Grandi
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Life
Grandi was born on 1 October 1671 in Cremona, Italy and christened Luigi ...
. He graduated in law while in
Urbino
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in 1727, then moving to
Rome
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where he studied
epigraphy. Here, with the assistance of his uncle,
Fabio degli Abati Olivieri, he was able to locate rare archaeological finds which were deposited in his personal museum.
In 1735, Olivieri returned to Pesaro, a date which coincides with the publication of his first antiquarian and philological work. Two years later, he completed the ''Marmora Pisaurensia notis'', illustrated. What followed was a period intense work as evidenced by the many books he wrote. In 1756, he made a large donation to Pesaro: his library of scrolls and many thousands of works, printed and handwritten, of high value and significance for the history and culture of the city, along with a collection of antiques, consisting essentially of material dug up throughout Pesaro. This donation formed the nucleus of the Biblioteca Oliveriana. He died in Pesaro in 1789.
Selected works
* ''In festo Ascensionis Christi oratio habita in basilica Lateranensi ad sanctissimum d.n. Benedictum 13. pontificem maximum ab Annibale de Abatibus Oliverio Pisaurensi J.V.D.'' (1728)
* ''Spiegazione di alcuni monumenti degli antichi Pelasgi : trasportata dal Francese con alcune osservazioni sovra i medesimi.'' (1735)
* ''Marmora Pisaurensia notis illustrata'' (1737)
* ''Esame della controversia letteraria che passa'' (1740)
* ''Dissertazione di Annibale degli Abati Olivieri sopra due antiche tavolette di avorio'' (1743)
* ''Elogio dell'Arcidiacono Gio. Giacomo Rubini.'' (1753)
* ''Della fondazione di Pesaro : Si aggiunge una lettera'' (1757)
* ''Lettera sopra alcuni Vescovi ignoti all'Ughelli. '' (1761)
* ''Esame del Bronzo Lerpiriano : pubblicato dallo Spon.'' (1771)
* '' Memorie di Tommaso Diplovatazio, patrizio Costantinopolitano'' (1771)
* ''Spiegazione : di una delle due antiche Basi di Marmo scoperte il di 22. di Novembre 1770 dal Cavalier Domenico Bonanini letta nella. Acc. Pesarese'' (1771)
* ''Ragioni del titolo di provincia metaurense dato alla legazione detta volgarmente di Urbino'' (1771)
* ''Della patria della b. Michellina e del b. Cecco del terz'ordine di S. Francesco.'' (1772)
See also
*
Olivieri Archeological Museum and Library
*
Lucus Pisaurensis
References
Bibliography
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External links
Annibale degli Abati Olivieri @ Wikisource
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1708 births
1789 deaths
Italian archaeologists
Italian numismatists
Italian librarians
Italian non-fiction writers