Not much is currently known about Vito Centonze. He was a priest and high school teacher of classics. During his career, he wrote educational material on Roman literature for upper secondary schools. Furthermore, he composed two long Latin poems in Sapphic stanzas, praising Benito Mussolini and Pietro Badoglio, a general who had played a central role in the occupation of Ethiopia and Libya, respectively. More research on Centonze is needed.

Bibliography

Centonze, Vito. 1938a. Carmen de Petri Badoglio laudibus militaribus: strofa saffica minore. Palo del Colle: Tip. Andriola.

———. 1938b. Carmen Duci dicatum. Ragusa: Tipografia Impero.

———. 1940. Storia della letteratura romana ad uso dei licei e degli Istituti magistrali. Bari: Arti grafiche Macri.

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