Bonifacio Chiovitti
Biography
Chiovitti graduated with degrees in mathematics and medicine from the University of Naples. In 1860 he took part in the Risorgimento uprisings and in 1861 he became member of the "Consiglio Provinciale del Molise".
Chiovitti dedicated himself to the study of the archeology and ancient history of his region. During 1830-1880, he collected many archaeological findings coming from the Boiano area, including many Latin and Oscan inscriptions. He was member of the "Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica" (afterwards Deutsches Archäologisches Institut), member of the board of the "Commissione conservatrice" (1876) and inspector of excavations and monuments (from 1877).{{Cite book |last=Grifoni |first=Paola |title=M. Bencivenni, R. Dalla Negra, P. Grifoni, Monumenti e Istituzioni. 1: La nascita del servizio di tutela dei monumenti in Italia : 1860-1880 |year=1987 |pages=428–430 |language=it}} Chiovitti did not allow Mommsen to publish Latin inscriptions from Bovianum he had collected within the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. IX.{{Cite book |last=Mommsen |first=Theodor |title=CIL |pages=«Hodie Bonifatius Chiovitti diligenter eos [scil. titulos] composuit, sed nescio quo livore neque edidit neque nobis rogantibus utendos concessit» |language=la}}{{Cite book |title=Convegno sul tema Theodor Mommsen e l'Italia: Roma, 3-4 novembre 2003 |date=2004 |publisher=Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei |isbn=978-88-218-0926-2 |editor-last=Accademia nazionale dei Lincei |series=Atti dei convegni Lincei |location=Roma}} Chiovitti collection of antiquities is still kept in his family palace in Boiano.
Notes
Sources
- Gianfranco De Benedittis, 1986. «Le schede Chiovitti relative alle iscrizioni romane di Bovianum». Conoscenze. Rivista annuale della Soprintendenza archeologica e per i beni ambientali architettonici artistici e storici del Molise 3: 67–94.
- Capini, Stefania, e Angela Di Niro (eds.), 1991. Samnium: archeologia del Molise. Roma: Quasar.
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Category:Italian archaeologists