STEFANO ANTONIO, a learned antiquary, was born at Chiari in 1737. While attending school at the neighbouring city of Brescia he attracted the notice of the Jesuits, was drawn by them within their society, and was sent to study at Rome. The chair of eloquence in that city was conferred upon him in 1771. In this situation he continued zealously to advance the cause of learning, both by his teaching and by his works on antiquarian subjects, until the suppression of his order in 1773. He was then received into the house of Cardinal Albani, where, in the magnificent library of his patron, he passed several years of literary leisure, composing his chief work, *De Stilo Inscriptionum Latinarum, Libri III.* It was published at Rome in 1780. In 1791 Morcelli was recalled to Chiari to be provost of the chapter. The rest of his life was characterized throughout by self-denying benevolence. He refused the archbishopric of Ragusa, through a desire to end his days in his native town. He founded and endowed an institution for the education of young females, restored the schools, repaired the churches and other public edifices, and presented his library to his fellow-citizens. His death took place in 1821. Some of Morcelli's other works are—*Inscriptiones Commentariis Subjectis,* 4to, Rome, 1783; *Kalendarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae,* 2 vols. 4to, Rome, 1788; and *Africa Christiana,* 3 vols. 4to, Brescia, 1816.