Talk:Gian Carlo Passeroni

A fact from Gian Carlo Passeroni appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 June 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Italian priest-poet Gian Carlo Passeroni (pictured) lived in a cellar with thread-bare clothing, minimal furniture and only a rooster as a companion?

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The Britannica account is that he refused all financial help - except the Italian pension is mentioned. Other literary and biographical encyclopaedias do mention him refusing positions, but like the Italian Wikipedia article, have him being helped also by the Austrian government. Also some of them, for example this one, have him dying in Milan, not Nice, which does seem to accord better with his continuing to live frugally there; however, Italian Wikipedia like Britannica has him dying in Nice. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:45, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I note that of the new sources, several also state that he died in Milan. Britannica may be wrong. Yngvadottir (talk) 03:25, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]