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with a degree in medicine in 1683. Giovanni was orphaned of his father at the age of 2 years, and his mother entrusted him to be educated under his uncle, canon in the
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movement. He also had the opportunity to travel through
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Lami was known for his contentious wit and subtle anticlerical thought, one anecdote states that showing foreign visitors the
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Elogio funerale dell'innom. d. Giovanni Lami recitato dall'innom. Zanobi Covoni nell'adunanza dell'Accademia della Crusca tenuta il di' 7. settembre 1771
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