Tommaso Fazello (1498 - 1570) was an Italian Dominican friar, historian and antiquarian. He is known as the father of Sicilian history. He is the author of the first printed history of Sicily: "De Rebus Siculis Decades Duae", published in Palermo in 1558. He was born in Sciacca, Sicily. He rediscovered the ruins of the ancient Sicilian towns of Akrai (modern Palazzolo Acreide), Selinus (modern Selinunte) and Heraclea Minoa. Wikipedia
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