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Giuseppe Parini

Died in 1799

Giuseppe Parini (died 1799) was born in Bosisio, in Lombardy, on 23 May 1729, the son of a small silk merchant. Sent to Milan, he studied there with the Barnabites at the Arcimboldi schools and was ordained a priest in 1754. From 1769 he taught belles-lettres at the Palatine schools of Milan. After the arrival of the French in 1796, he sat briefly in the city administration. He died in Milan on 15 August 1799.

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