Samuele Romanin
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Samuele Romanin was an Italian historian.
He was born of a poor Jewish family at Trieste
. Being left an orphan at an early age, he provided for his younger brothers and sister by giving French
and German
lessons. In 1821 he settled in Venice, where he afterwards translated Hammer-Purgstall's Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches into Italian. He next published his own Storia dei Popoli Europei (1843-1844). He taught in a private school and was sworn interpreter in German to the courts of justice; on the expulsion of the Austrians in 1848 he was appointed professor of history by the provisional government, and he lectured on Venetian history at the Ateneo Veneto
. In 1852 he began to publish his monumental Storia documentata di Venezia, but although he finished the work, carrying it down to the fall of the Venetian Republic
in 1798, he did not live to see the publication completed, as he died of apoplexy in September 1861; among his papers were found all the documents which were to he added, and the index. The tenth and last volume was issued in 1861.
After Romanin's death his lectures on Venetian history were published in two volumes in 1875. Among his other works were: Gli Inquisitori di Stato di Venezia (1858), Bajamonte Tiepolo e le sue ultime vicende (1851), and Venezia nel 1789 (1860).
He was born of a poor Jewish family at Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
. Being left an orphan at an early age, he provided for his younger brothers and sister by giving French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
lessons. In 1821 he settled in Venice, where he afterwards translated Hammer-Purgstall's Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches into Italian. He next published his own Storia dei Popoli Europei (1843-1844). He taught in a private school and was sworn interpreter in German to the courts of justice; on the expulsion of the Austrians in 1848 he was appointed professor of history by the provisional government, and he lectured on Venetian history at the Ateneo Veneto
Ateneo Veneto
The Ateneo Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti is an institution for the promulgation of science, literature, art and culture in all forms, in the exclusive interest of promoting social solidarity, located in Venice, northern Italy...
. In 1852 he began to publish his monumental Storia documentata di Venezia, but although he finished the work, carrying it down to the fall of the Venetian Republic
History of the Republic of Venice
The history of the Republic of Venice traditionally begins with its foundation at noon on Friday March 25, 421 by authorities from Padua who hoped to establish a trading-post in the region. This event was marked by the founding of the Venitian church of St. James...
in 1798, he did not live to see the publication completed, as he died of apoplexy in September 1861; among his papers were found all the documents which were to he added, and the index. The tenth and last volume was issued in 1861.
After Romanin's death his lectures on Venetian history were published in two volumes in 1875. Among his other works were: Gli Inquisitori di Stato di Venezia (1858), Bajamonte Tiepolo e le sue ultime vicende (1851), and Venezia nel 1789 (1860).