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Leonardo Maniago

Italian priest and historian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 24, 2024
Entity authorityQ107199633 ↗
Source-derived summary

Leonardo di Maniago (1525 - 1601) was an Italian priest and historian.

He was born in Cividale del Friuli. He is known for his chronicle that includes events around the Council of Trent in 1543-1563 up until the year 1597. The book as published by Comino Ventura from Bergamo in 1597 and also published in Venice. He died in Maniago.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Leonardo Maniago” as italian priest and historian. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1525, 1601, 1543, 1563—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1525-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Leonardo, Maniago and Italian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as italian priest and historian. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 24, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q107199633. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1525, 1601, 1543 and 1563.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leonardo Maniago” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.