Tommaso Fazello

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Tommaso Fazello (1498 – 1570) was an Italian Dominican friar, historian and antiquarian. He is known as the father of Sicilian history. He is the author of the first printed history of Sicily: De Rebus Siculis Decades Duae, published in Palermo in 1558. He was born in Sciacca, Sicily.

He rediscovered the ruins of the ancient Sicilian towns of Akrai (modern Palazzolo Acreide), Selinus (modern Selinunte) and Heraclea Minoa. He also rediscovered the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Akragas (modern Agrigento).

In 1555, he taught at the Convent of St. Dominic of Palermo, later to become the University of Palermo.

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• "An Evening Dedicated To Sicily - The Gem Of The Mediterranean Sea".
• "Palazzolo Acreide"
• "University of Palermo", Catholic Encyclopedia.

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• An online copy of "De Rebus Siculis (Historia di Sicilia) with other ancient books, photographically scanned by The Freaknet Medialab.