On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., in the Bachelet Hall, on the first floor of Central Building A of the Piazzale Europa 1 campus, the conference entitled "Grata recordatio. In memory of Mario Fiorentini" will take place.

With this conference, the Department of Legal Sciences, Language, Interpretation, and Translation - IUSLIT remembers Mario Fiorentini, former professor of Roman Law and Foundations of European Law at the IUSLIT Department of the University of Trieste, who passed away in June 2025.

After graduating with honors in Law from the University of Pisa in 1981, Mario Fiorentini participated in the first cycle of the PhD in Roman Law and Eastern Mediterranean Law (University of Rome La Sapienza, 1983-1986), studying the topic of gentile cults, which was later the subject of his first monograph (1988). In 1991, he won the competition for a researcher position at the Faculty of Law of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where he remained until 1996, when he was transferred to Trieste, where he was appointed associate professor in the early 2000s, following the publication of ‘Fiumi e mari nell’esperienza legale romana’ (Fiumes and seas in Roman legal experience) (2003). In recent years, he has published two substantial monographs: ‘Il giurista e l’eretico’ in 2016, and ‘Natura e diritto nell’esperienza romana’ in 2022.

PROGRAMME:

3:00 PM: Institutional Greetings
Gian Paolo Dolso, Director of the IUSLIT Department
Nicola Muffato, Coordinator of the Law Program – IUSLIT Department
Paolo Ferretti, Professor of Roman Law and Foundations of European Law – IUSLIT Department

Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi (Sapienza University of Rome)
"Mario Fiorentini: a beautiful story"

Scientific Profile

Chair: Giorgia Maragno (University of Trieste)

• Francesca Lamberti (University of Salento)
  'Stories of Lands, Stories of People': The Outcomes of a (Long) History of Dialogue and Sharing
• Giorgio Barone Adesi (University of Catanzaro)
  The Impeachment of Heretics with the Death Penalty: In Dialogue with Mario Fiorentini
• Laura D'Amati (University of Foggia)
  The Rescriptum Divi Hadriani de His, Qui in Civitatem Sepeliunt in the Thought of Mario Fiorentini
• Giunio Rizzelli (University of Foggia)
  Mario and the Ancients
• Sara Pilloni (University of Trieste)
  The Curiosity of a Great Scholar: The Unfinished Works of Mario Fiorentini

The Human Profile

Chair: Davide Rossi (University of Trieste)

• Johannes Michael Rainer (University of Salzburg)
  The 2021 European Football Championship. The last personal meeting with Mario
• Fulvia Mainardis (University of Trieste)
  A Roma fan in the Doctorate in Ancient Sciences (Ca' Foscari, Units, Uniud)
• Claudio Zaccaria (University of Trieste)
  Mario Fiorentini at èStoria: from research to history for the public
• Marinella Pasquinucci (University of Pisa)
  Between Livorno, Pisa, and Trieste, with great friendship
• Massimo Bianca (University of Trieste)
  Mario Fiorentini: the memory of a colleague

• Irene Pizzimenti (University of Trieste)
  Mario Fiorentini: the man and the Maestro

  Scientific Secretariat: Paolo Ferretti, Giorgia Maragno, Davide Rossi, Sara Pilloni, Irene Pizzimenti

  For organizational reasons, please communicate your participation to giorgia.maragno@units.it