Angelo Lo Jacono

Angelo Lo Jacono (Paternò, 1838- Paterno, 29 December 1898) was an Italian writer and journalist.

Biography
He studied at the Seminary of Catania, but he devoted himself later to literature.

Back in his birth town, he worked as a lawyer and published essays, tales and poems. He translated Virgil's Georgics into Italian language and worked for the farming publication L'agricoltore calabro-siculo.

Publications

 * Miscellanea Letteraria - Catania, Tipografia dell' Ateneo Siculo (1862)
 * Le Georgiche di Virgilio tradotte in versi italiani - Catania (1863)
 * Emmanuelide - Catania, Pastore (1879)

Merits
Order of the Crown of Italy