FORCELLINI, EGIDIO (1688-1768), Italian philologist, was born on Aug. 26, 1688, at Fener, Treviso, and studied at Padua under Facciolati (q.v.) . From 1724 to 1731 he held the office of rector of the seminary at Ceneda, and from 1731 to 1765 that of father confessor in the seminary of Padua. He died at Padua on April 4, 1768, before the completion of the vast Latin Lexicon, on which he had for 35 years collaborated with Facciolati.