Massimo Santoro Tubito or (December 1660 - ...) was an Italian priest and writer. He's best known for his books ''Divinum Theatrum'' (1702) and ''De Antichristo'' (1712), both of them written in

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

. The subjects covered are history and religion. The books are also known because he refers to himself as which means "Altiliens or Altamuran", denoting that he was from the Apulian city of

Altamura Altamura (; ; ) is a town and ''comune'' of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is located on one of the hills of the Altopiano delle Murge, Murge plateau in the Metropolitan City of Bari, southwest of Bari, close to the border with Basilicata. , i ...

. ''Altiliensis'' refers to the legends about the founding of the city of

, whose ancient name is believed to have been Altilia. The toponym Altilia lacks historical evidence, and most scholars - such as

Ottavio Serena Ottavio Serena (18 August 1837 – 7 January 1914) was an Italian politician, judge, prefect and historian. He is known in his hometown Altamura for his works about local history, such as the Altamuran Revolution (1799). His contribution and t ...

- tend to reject it. storie-inedite, p. 171 According to other historians, such as Tommaso Berloco (1985), there isn't enough evidence either to dismiss the toponym or to prove it. storie-inedite, p. 28, note 27

Life

Massimo Santoro Tubito was born in Altamura on December 1660. His father was Angelo Tubito, while his mother was Angela Perillo. His brother was Michele Tubito, an apostolic protonotary. Both the death date and the death place are unknown. He was member of the so-called '' Accademia degli Spensierati''.

In media

Cesare Orlandi Cesare Orlandi (Città della Pieve, 26 July 1734 – Perugia, 20 December 1779) was an Italian writer and historian. He was a nobleman of Fermo, Atri and Città della Pieve, and he's known only for his work ''Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adj ...

(1734-1779) cites Santoro Tubito in the first volume of his work. * Massimo Santoro Tubito and his book ''De Antichristo'' are cited in Carlo Animato's book ''Roma kaputt mundi'' (2012). romakaputtmundi2012, pag. 272

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