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3 unusual facts about Annio da Viterbo


Annius

the Latin name of Annio da Viterbo, a fifteenth-century Dominican friar, scholar, and historian, remembered chiefly for his fabrications.

Cortona

The 17th-century Guide of Giacomo Lauro, reworked from writings of Annio da Viterbo, states that 108 years after the Great Flood, Noah entered the Valdichiana via the Tiber and Paglia rivers.

Giambattista Gelli

In his historical writings, Gelli was influenced by the late 15th-century forgeries of Annio da Viterbo, which purported to provide evidence from ancient texts to show that Tuscany had been founded by Noah and his descendants after the Deluge.



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