Simone Majoli

Simone Majoli [Simon Majoli, Simone Maioli, Simon Maioli, Simon Majolus, Simon Maiolus.] (1520-1597) [Lynn Thorndike, "History of Magic and Experimental Science" Part 12, p. 110.] was an Italian canon lawyer [ [http://edit16.iccu.sbn.it/scripts/iccu_ext.dll?fn=11&res=4533] , in Italian.] , bishop and author. He wrote an encyclopedic work "Dies caniculares" [ [http://www.fpolar.org.ve/veroes/500/m1/4021.htm MAIOLO, Simeone ] ] (Dog days), covering a wide range of topics in natural history, demonology and other subjects such as werewolves. First published in 1597, it ran to several later editions. He is mentioned in the early history of the explanation of fossils, by Charles Lyell ["Principles of Geology" (1840) p. 39; [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/lyel-geology3-4.html] .] , as a pioneer of volcanic explanations.

He was born in Asti, and became bishop of Volturara and Montecorvino, in 1572 [Jean-Pierre Niceron, "Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des hommes illustres dans la république" (1734), p. 332.] .

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