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Considered among the greatest scholars of the seventeenth century, Lucas Holste (L. H.) (lat. Holstenius, it. Luca Holstenio) distinguished himself through his search for and study of manuscript and printed texts during visits and periods of research in the greatest libraries of Italy and Europe. After his conversion to Catholicism, he came to Rome (1627) where he put himself at the service of the Barberini and, in particular, of Cardinal Francesco. He established himself in Baroque Europe with scholarly studies in philology and antiquarianism but also through an extensive geographical knowledge and his interest in naturalism.
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Fosi, I. (2016). Holste, Lukas. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_559-1
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