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Assarotti, Ottavio Giovanni Battista
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
an Italian philanthropist, founder of the Institution of the Deaf-mutes at Genoa, was born at Genoa, Oct. 25,1753. At the age of eighteen he entered the Order of the Piarists in Italy, and devoted himself to the teaching of poor children. He himself wrote all the works necessary for the instruction of his pupils. He died Jan. 29, 1829. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Assarotti, Ottavio Giovanni Battista'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/assarotti-ottavio-giovanni-battista.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.