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    Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti (17 September 1774 – 15 March 1849) was an Italian cardinal known for being a hyperpolyglot. Born in Bologna, he showed exceptional...
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    SS. XII Apostoli (30 September 1850), died 20 February 1852 Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti, custos of the Vatican Library – cardinal priest of S. Onofrio...
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    scientist. Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784), musical theorist. Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774–1839), cardinal, linguist and hyperpolyglot Marco Minghetti...
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