Giovanni Maria Lampredi

Giovanni Maria Lampredi (6 April 1731–17 March 1793) was an Italian jurist, scholar, and writer, active in Tuscany.

An older brother became a Franciscan friar, but Giovanni Maria studied classical languages and literature at the Seminario Eugeniano in Florence under Francesco Poggini.

Graduating with a degree in canon law and theology in 1756, he joined the intellectual circles including of Giovanni Lami, Marco Lastri, and Giuseppe Bencivenni Pelli.

He served from 1763 to 1773 as a docent in canon law at the University of Pisa, replacing Giovanni Antinori.

Among his students were Francesco Foggi,[1] Pietro Ranucci from Citta di Castello, V. Ceramelli, and G.