Professor of Latin
Medieval Literature in University of Salento (where he coordinated the European
doctorate in Philology and patristic, medieval and humanistic literature, consortium
with Freiburg i. Br.); in the University of Cassino (where he coordinated the
doctorate in Digital Humanities for Medieval Studies) and in University of
Bologna (2019). President of Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino (S.I.S.M.E.L.) and member of the Franceschini
Foundation Board; co-director of CALMA and member of the scientific committee for Micrologus, Arxiu de Textos Catalans Antics and Segno e testo. He has directed or participated in national and
European research projects. He has over 300 publications (editions, monographs
and articles dedicated to the history of medieval culture), including ricordano
L’età metaforica. Figure di Dio e
letteratura latina medievale da Gregorio Magno a Dante, Spoleto, CISAM,
2011; La mistica. Angela da Foligno e
Raimondo Lullo. Letteratura Francescana,
vol. 5, Milano, Mondadori 2016 (Scrittori greci e latini. Fondazione L. Valla); Lo pseudo Bonaventura. Studi, edizioni e repertorio, Firenze 2024 (OPA. Opere Perdute e Anonime del Medioevo Latino 8), in collaboration with the group of researchers of the Bologna Unit of the FISR_2019 project, OPA.