Ludovico Marracci

He had become a member of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca and learnt with reputed success in the study of non-European languages, especially Arabic.

The Pope appointed him professor of Arabic at Sapienza University of Rome due to his proficiency in that language.

[2][3] He authored The Life of Father Leonardi, the founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca, and many more.

For this, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples appointed Abraham Ecchellensis and Ludovico Marracci to undertake the revision of the edition to make it exactly correspond with the Vulgate.

[2][3][4][9] Ludovico Marracci acquired much fame in editing and publishing the Qurʻan in Arabic with his translation into Latin.