Giovanni Andrea Scartazzini

Giovanni Andrea Scartazzini, was a Protestant pastor and ItalianSwiss literary critic, best known for having translated into German and commented upon the Divine Comedy and the life of its author, Dante Alighieri.

Son of the notary Bartolomeo di Picenoni and Clara, he was born in Bondo, Switzerland, in the canton of Graubnden, on December 30, 1837. His childhood was marked by an early passion for two books the Bible, the essential book in every Protestant Christian family, and the Divine Comedy, which he had received as a gift from his godfather. He studied at the Institute of Evangelical Missions at Basel where he joined the liberal theological trends, completing his theological studies at Bern.

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