Giuseppe Sparano (21 December 17095 June 1776) was an

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cleric and polemicist.

Biography

He was born in

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and there became a Roman Catholic priest. He became affiliated with the archbishop

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in his mission to refute the errors in the writings of the French Protestant writer

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. He gained the support of the King, who named him archbishop of

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and

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in 1775–1776. He died in 1776. Among his works is: ''Memoria storiche per illustrare gli atti della santa napoletana chiesa e delle congregazione delle apostoliche missioni'' (1768).

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