Saverio Bettinelli

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The Reverend Saverio Bettinelli
Portrait of Saverio Bettinelli by Domenico Conti Bazzani, 1800
Born	(1718-07-18)July 18, 1718 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
Died	13 September 1808(1808-09-13) (aged 90) Mantua, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Italian
Other names	M. Versajo Melasio Diodoro Delfico
Occupations	Jesuit priest Dramatist Polemicist Poet Literary critic
Parent(s)	Girolamo Bettinelli and Paola Bettinelli (née Frugoni)
Academic background
Influences	Jean Racine[1] Pierre Corneille[1] Voltaire[1]
Academic work
Era	Age of Enlightenment Preromanticism
Discipline	Literary criticism, italian studies, Medieval studies
Institutions	University of Modena
Influenced	Vittorio Alfieri[1] Vincenzo Monti[1] Alessandro Verri[1] Vincenzo Gioberti[1] Friedrich Schlegel[1] Niccolò Tommaseo[1] Cesare Cantù[1]

Saverio Bettinelli (18 July 1718 – 13 September 1808) was an Italian Jesuit writer. He became known as a polymath, dramatist, polemicist, poet, and literary critic. He was a friend of some of the leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Francesco Algarotti, Vincenzo Monti and Ippolito Pindemonte. Théodore Tronchin, Guillaume du Tillot, Melchiorre Cesarotti, Giacomo Filippo Durazzo, Pietro Verri, Giammaria Mazzucchelli and Francesco Maria Zanotti were among his correspondents.