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Demetrio Nava

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Demetrio Nava (9 June 1758 - 23 September 1817) was an Italian jurist, priest, polymath, and historian.

Biography

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He was born in Reggio di Calabria. After studying locally, he was named a canon in the Cathedral in his native city. Among his works are:[1]

  • Cronica delle cose memorabili di Reggio
  • De Saracenorum in Sicilia irruptione (of the Saracen capture of Sicily)
  • Lezioni populari su cose d'agricoltura (describes the cultivation and preparation of products from Reggio)
  • Dissertazione fisico-istorica sulle cagioni e sugli effetti del tremuoto
  • Gli Sconvolgimenti seguiti in tutti la Calabria ultra per il tremuoto del 1783
  • Fata Morgana
  • Posizione ed istoria de Bagni d'Alì
  • Descrizione storico-economico-politica dell'isola della Favignana

References

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  1. ^ Continuazione al Nuovo dizionario istorico degli uomini che si sono renduti piu celebri... Tomo VI; Gioacchino M. Olivier-Poli, Published by R. Marotta and Vanspandoch, Naples (1825); page 270-271.