Birthday
1908-12-01
Deathday
1965-05-09
Place of Birth
Naples, Campania, Italy

Ernesto de Martino

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Ernesto de Martino (1 December 1908 – 9 May 1965) was an Italian anthropologist, philosopher and historian of religions. He studied with Benedetto Croce and Adolfo Omodeo, and did field research with Diego Carpitella into the funeral rituals of Lucania and tarantism.

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