Francesco Antonio Soria

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Francesco Antonio Soria (1730–1799) was an Italian writer. He is best known for a biographical dictionary of Neapolitan historians: Memoria storico-critich degli storici napolitani (1781–1782, Naples).

He was born in Naples and became a priest. He also published some hagiographies and a history of the reign of Ottoman sultan Mehmed II.[1]

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  1. ^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 136.