Facciolati, JACOPO, lexicographer, was born in 1682 at Torreglia, near Padua, and educated in the religious seminary at Padua, where he subsequently became professor of Theology and rector. He held at the same time the chair of Logic in the university. Facciolati directed his attention chiefly to the revival of the study of ancient literature, and brought out (1715–19) a new edition of the Lexicon Undecim Linguarum or the Calepine
Lexicon. In this work he was assisted by his pupil and brother-professor, EGIDIO FORCELLINI (1688–1768), to whom is mainly owing the conception of a totally new Latin dictionary. This Facciolati continued till his death on 27th August 1769, and it finally appeared in 1771 (new ed. by De Vit, Prato, 1858–87; Eng. ed. 2 vols. 1826). Facciolati's Latin epistles and orations are remarkable for the Ciceronian purity and elegance of their style, and his remarks on Cicero's writings for their solidity, clearness, and taste. See Lives by Ferrari (1799) and Gennari (1818).