Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani


Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani, marquis of Villabianca, was a Sicilian nobleman and historian.

Life

Gaetani was born in Palermo, and held public office there. He was senator of the city in 1775–76. He studied and wrote about the history of Sicily. He died in Palermo in 1802.

Publications

His principal publication was Della Sicilia Nobile, published in five parts between 1754 and 1775, the last part of the appendix published posthumously in 1897.
Among his other works are:
His Diari della Città di Palermo, annals from 1743 to 1802, were published posthumously, as were his 48 Opuscoli palermitani on local topics.