Plaque on Mezzofanti's birth house in Bologna

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Plaque on Mezzofanti's birth house in Bologna
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This is the plaque on Cardinal Mezzofanti's birth house in Bologna, Italy.

Original text
[???] MEZZOFANTIUS · ORTUS
UNUS · QUI ·LINGUAS · CALLVIT · OMNIGENAS

QUI NACQUE MEZZOFANTI IL SOL CHE APPRESE MIRABILMENTE IL DIR DI OGNI PAESE

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Translation

HERE WAS BORN MEZZOFANTI THE ONLY WHO LEARNED MIRACULOUSLY THE SPEECH OF EVERY COUNTRY


Original text QUI DOV'ERA UNA BOTTEGA DI LEGNAIUOLO GIUSEPPE MEZZOFANTI MASSIMO DE POLIGLOTTI NEL 1781 DI ANNI 7 CON FRANCESCO SUO PADRE TRATTAVA LA PIALLA E LA SEGA DON VINCENZO [???] PROF DETTO MI 1877	Translation HERE THERE WAS A CARPENTER SHOP JOSEPH MEZZOFANTI SUPREMO OF POLYGLOTS IN 1781 AT THE AGE OF 7 WITH FRANCIS HIS FATHER WORKED WITH SHAVE AND SAW DON VINCENZO PROF

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