Fabio Gasti

Originary of Predosa, after high school studies in Novi Ligure, he trained at the University of Pavia, a student of the historic Ghislieri College, an institution with which he has always maintained a relationship of emotional and cultural collaboration.

After a period of teaching in high school Alessandria and in Pavia, he was researcher of Latin Literature (1990-2000), then associate professor (2000-2019) and finally ordinary professor at the University of Pavia. Lecturer of History of the Latin language, he also holds the chair of Late Latin Literature, a discipline he is specialist and has introduced in the educational offer of the University of Pavia. He is currently president of the Teaching Council of Letters.

His research activity was initially focused on Isidoro in Seville, of which he published the critical edition commented on the book XI of Etymologiae and that he deepened in several contributions published in volumes, acts of congresses and scientific journals Italian and foreign. This interest has led him to study the various relationship between Christian literature and pagan culture before, according to an orientation that considers fundamental the contribution of the school in late ancient age in the construction of a Christian poetic based on the valorisation of classical models. In this sense he also addressed the work of Augustine d'Ippona, to the tradition of historiographic breviaries (Floro, Eutropio) and poetry, producing editions and contributions on Ennodio, Draconzio, Latin Anthology, Prudenzio.

From his experience as a high school teacher, he has always considered fundamental the relationship with the school and collaboration with teachers, and in this area he is also co-author of a Latin literature manual for high schools (2003), as well as curating editions of good dissemination (in particular fortunate are his edition of Cesarian Orations by Cicerone, of Meadow by Draconzio and the Fabulae by Gaio Giulio Igino). As for the work of cultural dissemination, it is an organizer of scientific events in the academic field, among which we note the initiative of the "Giornate Ghisleriane di filologia classico", a periodic event organized in agreement with the College Ghislieri of Pavia.

• Marco Tullio Cicero, Cesarian Orations (Pro Marcello, Pro Ligario, Pro rege Deiotaro), edited by Fabio Gasti, Milan, Rizzoli (BUR), 1997.
• Fabio Gasti, Isidore's anthropology. The sources of the book XI of Etymologiae, Como, New Press, 1998.
• Fabio Gasti (with Giusto Picone and Elisa Romano), Roman lessons. Literature, texts, civilization, 4 vols., Turin, Loescher, 2003.
• Isidore of Seville, Etymologies. Book XI (De homine et portentis), edited by Fabio Gasti, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2010.
• Thomas Maria Minorelli, Life of Saint Pius V, edited by Fabio Gasti, Como-Pavia, Ibis, 2012.
• St. Augustine, Conversion stories. Confessions, book VIII, Venice, Marsilio, 2012.
• Fabio Gasti, Historical profile of Late Latin literature, Pavia, Pavia University Press, 2013.
• The Passion of Saint Martina, edited by Fabio Gasti, Pisa, ETS, 2014.
• Blossio Emilio Draconzio, Meadow, edited by Fabio Gasti, Milan, La Vita Felice, 2016.
• Igino, Myths of the classic world, edited by Fabio Gasti, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Rusconi Libri, 2017.
• Fabio Gasti, Late Latin literature. A historical profile (sections III-VII), Rome, Carocci, 2020.
• Happy Ennodio's hand, The full of the Pocarm. 1.5 H.), edited by Fabio Gasti, Milan, La Vita Felice, 2020.
• Fabio Gasti, Ennodio di Pavia: literate and bishop. Texts by Fabio Gasti, illustrations by Marco Giusfredi, Pavia, Univers Ed., 2021.
• Carthage Cyprian, The epidemic or the mortal condition, edited by Fabio Gasti, Milan, La Vita Felice, 2022.