Studies of medicine at the University of Bologna; July 1759 degree in medicine and in philosophy; medical and surgical practice, anatomical research, lecturing on medicine; honorary lecturer; 1766 curator and demonstrator of the anatomical museum; 1768 paid lecturer at the University of Bologna; 1775 adjunct in anatomy of Domenico Galeazzi at Bologna; 1782 professor of obstetric arts at the Istituto delle Scienze; deprived of his offices at the university and the Istituto delle Science for political reasons.