Giuseppe Garampi

Giuseppe Garampi

Giuseppe Garampi (29 October 1725 – 4 May 1792) was an Italian scholar and collector of documents and books. He was born in Rimini. Pope Pius VI named him a Cardinal on the consistory on 14 February 1785. He served as Prefect of the Archives from 1751 until 1772, during which time he compiled the Schedario Garampi, a massive card index for the Vatican Secret Archives. Although never completed, it is still in use.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 29688607 LCCN: no90024969 ISNI: 0000 0000 7819 0159 GND: 118689487 SUDOC: 050342797 BNF: cb13510659z (data) HDS: 24360 NLA: 35599508 NKC: ola2010577953 BNE: XX1220434

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