Very little is currently known about Oreste (or Orestes) Parisotti (1866–1935). He was a Latinist and an ophthalmologist from Rome who wrote several books on both optometry and church history. Combining these fields, he published a book in Latin giving his professional opinion on Francis of Assisi’s loss of eyesight (Paristotti 1918; Trembinski 2020: 29–30). In 1933, he published the text MUSSOLINI: DVX. PATRIAE ΣΩΤΗΡ where he praised Mussolini as a ‘saviour’ and peacemaker (Parisotti 1933). More research on Parisotti’s life and work is needed.

Bibliography

Latin texts

Parisotti, Oreste. 1918. Quo morbo oculi sensum amisit Franciscus ab Assisio. Rome: Ex Typ. Pontificia.

———. 1933. Mussolini. Dux. Patriae. ΣΩΤΗΡ. In Insula Liris: Typis Macioce et Pisani.

Secondary literature

Trembinski, Donna. 2020. Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press.

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