Casanova, Giovanni Jacques de Seingalt

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Casanova, Giovanni Jacques de Seingalt (2 April 1725 - 4 June 1798)

An Italian writer, Casanova entered the Church and received the minor orders. Abandoning the Church, he began a life of adventure, as shown in his Memoirs (12 volumes, 1828—1838).

At various times he was secretary to a cardinal, an officer in the Venetian army, a violinist, a librarian, a devout Catholic, and a secret police-agent.

Casanova translated the Iliad into Italian.

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