Paolo Emiliani Giudici

Paolo Emiliani Giudici (13 June 1812 – 8 September 1872), Italian writer, was born in the small town of Mussomeli, in central Sicily, Italy.

Paolo initially was educated by tutors, until entering the Dominican convent of San Zita in Palermo.

Unable to find a position in Sicily, and increasingly upsetting the authorities for his friendship with anti-bourbon Sicilians, he went into exile in Tuscany.

He gained appointment in 1848 he became professor of Italian literature at Pisa, but after a few months was deprived of the chair on account of his liberal views in politics and religion.

On the creation of the new Kingdom of Italy he became professor of aesthetics (replacing Giovanni Battista Niccolini[2] and resigning 1862) and secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts at Florence, and in 1867 was elected to the chamber of deputies, representing a district in Sicily.