Paolo Maria Paciaudi
# Paolo Maria Paciaudi

Paolo Maria Paciaudi (1710 – 1785) was an Italian Theatine priest, antiquarian, and historian.

## Biography

He born at Turin in 1710. He studied at Bologna, became professor of philosophy at Genoa, and in 1761 settled at Parma as librarian to the grand-duke, who also appointed him his antiquary and director of some public works; besides which he was historiographer of the Order of Malta. He died in 1785. The cleric Ireneo Affò replaced him as librarian in Parma.

## Main works

* De sacris christianorum balneis (1750, 4to);
* De cultu S. Joannis Baptistæ antiquitates Christianæ (1754, 4to), a masterpiece full of religious minutiae;
* De athletarum κυβιστήσει in palæstra Græcorum commentarius (1756, 4to);
* Monumenta Peloponnesiaca (1761, 2 vols. 4to);
* Memoirs of the Grand Masters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (1780, 3 vols. 4to);
* Lettres au comte de Caylus (1802, 8vo).

## Source

* This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers. The entry cites:
   * Fabroni, Vitæ Italorum, vol. 14 s.v.;
   * Leneys, Life of Paciaudi prefixed to his Letters to M. de Caylus;
   * Tipaldo, Biog. degli Italiani illustri, vol. 10, s.v.
