Leone Caetani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leone Caetani

Italian politician and scholar

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1869

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 25-Dec-1935

Profession: politician, historian, Islamicist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Leone Caetani (September 12, 1869 – December 25, 1935), Duke of Sermoneta (also known as Prince Caetani), was an Italian scholar, politician and historian of the Middle East. Caetani is considered a pioneer and founding father in the application of the historical method on the sources of the early Islamic traditions which he subjected to minute historical and psychological analysis.He was the father of Italian-Canadian visual artist Sveva Caetani.