Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani

Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani, marquis of Villabianca
Born	1720 Palermo
Died	1802 Palermo
Occupation	historian
Nationality	Sicilian
Subject	Sicilian history
Notable works	Della Sicilia Nobile

Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani (1720–1802), marquis of Villabianca, was a Sicilian nobleman and historian.

Life

Gaetani was born in Palermo, and held public office there. He was senator of the city in 1775–76. He studied and wrote about the history of Sicily. He died in Palermo in 1802.^[1]

Publications

His principal publication was Della Sicilia Nobile, published in five parts between 1754 and 1775, the last part of the appendix published posthumously in 1897.

• Della Sicilia Nobile (1754-1775). Palermo: Stamperia dei Santi Apostoli per Pietro Bencivenga
  • Parte prima (1754)
  • Parte seconda (1754)
  • Continuazione della parte seconda (1757)
  • Parte terza (1759)
  • Appendice, primo tomo (1775)
  • Appendice (1897), published by Carlo Crispo Moncada and Antonino Mango, Palermo: O. Fiorenza.

Among his other works are:

• Notizie storiche intorno agli antichi sette uffizi del Regno di Sicilia, published in two parts in: Opuscoli di Autori Siciliani, Palermo: Stamperia dei Santi Apostoli
  • Part I, in volume VIII (1764)
  • Part II, in volume XI (1770)
• Catalogo di tutti i parti letterarj editi, ed inediti specialmente intorno a storia sicola-palermitana, Palermo: Stamperia di d. Rosario Abbate in Piazza Bologni (1791)

His Diari della Città di Palermo, annals from 1743 to 1802, were published posthumously, as were his 48 Opuscoli palermitani on local topics.^[1]

References

1. Villabianca, Francesco Maria Emanuele marchese di (in Italian). Enciclopedie on line. Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed January 2016.