Research: The Metaphrasis Psalmorum. Sample edition and commentary
STUDIES
- October 2024 – May 2025: Student of Greek Palaeography and Codicology at the Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomatics and Archivistics.
- November 2023 – present: PhD student at Sapienza University of Rome. Project title: The Metaphrasis Psalmorum. Sample edition and commentary. Tutor: Prof. Claudio Zamagni; Cotutor: Professors Roberto Nicolai e Gianfranco Agosti.
- July 2023: Master’s degree from the University of Naples Federico II. Thesis title: Ricerche sulle Metafrasi dei Salmi attribuite ad Apollinare di Laodicea: un commento a Met. 1. Tutor: Prof. Giulio Massimilla. Mark: 110/110 with honours.
- July 2021: Bachelor’s degree from the University of Naples Federico II. Thesis title: Crizia e Anacreonte. Osservazioni su 88B1 D.-K. Tutor: Prof. Mario Lamagna. Mark: 110/110 with honours.
- July 2018: Classical High School Diploma from Liceo Classico Pitagora (Crotone). Mark: 100/100 with honours.
PUBBLICATIONS
- Alessandro e il bianco gallo: una parodia epica tardoantica (T.Kellis inv. D/2/46), «ZPE» 231 (2024), 159–168.
- The Emperor and the Patriarch: Reconsidering the Occasion of Paul the Silentiary’s Ekphrasis of St. Sophia (forthcoming).
- The Metrical Paratexts of the Metaphrasis Psalmorum (forthcoming)
- La multiforme lingua: cristianesimo e paideia classica nel prologo della Metaphrasis Psalmorum (forthcoming).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Paratexts in Premodern Writing Culture, Ghent 24–26 June 2024. Title of the paper: The Metrical Paratexts of the Metaphrasis Psalmorum.
- Potere personale: forme, esercizio e limiti dell’autorità individuale, Rome 24–25 June 2024. Title of the paper: Sulla scena del potere: l’Ekphrasis di S. Sofia di Paolo Silenziario.
- La lingua dell’altro. Teorie e pratiche della traduzione, Rome 5–6 May 2025. Title of the paper: Teoria e prassi di traduzione nella Metaphrasis Psamorum.
- Gregory of Nazianzus. Poet of Networks, Cambridge 4–5 September 2025. Title of the paper: Grace of the Spirit, Grace of the Metres: The Poems of Gregory of Nazianzus in the Apollinarian Controversy.
STUDY STAYS ABROAD
- September – December 2025: Göttingen, Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Die Editio critica maior des griechischen Psalters.
- (planned) April – June 2026: Paris, Sorbonne Université. UMR Orient et Méditerranée.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Early Christian literature. Greek literature of the Imperial and Late Antique periods. Interaction between classical culture and Christianity. Textual criticism and metricology.