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Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti
1849Mar, 15

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti (17 September 1774 – 15 March 1849) was an Italian cardinal and famed hyperpolyglot.

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