Antonio Rocco

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Antonio Rocco

Country

Italy

Birth - Death

1586 - 1653

Occupation

Religion

Description

Priest who wrote the defense of homosexuality in his book 'L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola' (Alcibiades the Schoolboy), a reasoned polemic in which a schoolmaster gradually overcomes his handsome pupil's objections to carnal relations. The book was banned and few copies exist today.

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