Ottavio Barsanti
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Ottavio Barsanti (c.1826–23 May 1884) was an Italian Franciscan priest, writer, and missionary in New Zealand. He was born in Pietrasanta, Italy c.1826.[1]
Barsanti was a professor in Italy for several years, before he travelled to New Zealand in 1860 in response to with Jean-Baptiste Pompallier’s call for missionary workers; he served at Rotorua, Lake Taupo and Parnell.[2]
He published two books, New Zealand and its Inhabitants, and The Savages of New Zealand.[2]
