This contribution offers an overview of an 'enlightened' Sicily, focusing on its academies and the Studium Generale of Catania. It highlights the central role played by its elite and religious figures, particularly the Benedictines.
University of Catania, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0009-6933-7414
Chapter Title
La Sicilia ‘rischiarata’. L’incidenza del clero illuminato nelle accademie catanesi del XVIII secolo
Authors
Luigi Sanfilippo
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0989-2.35
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Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
Accademie e luoghi del sapere tra Italia e Spagna nel lungo Settecento / Academias y lugares del saber en el largo siglo XVIII entre Italia y España
Book Subtitle
Scienze, arti, letteratura, politica e sociabilità / Ciencias, artes, literatura, política y sociabilidad
Editors
Niccolò Guasti, Cinzia Recca, Mónica Bolufer Peruga, Fernando Durán López
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
464
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0989-2
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0988-5
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0989-2
Series Title
Biblioteca di storia
Series ISSN
2464-9007
Series E-ISSN
2704-5986