He was born in Belluno, Northern Italy, the son of a middle-class Venetian family. He did his elemental studies in his hometown and was graduated from the University of Padova around 1806.[3] In 1811, he was appointed, Professor of Natural History in Lyceum of Belluno. For his outstanding work Catullo gets, Chair of Natural History in the University of Padua, in the year 1829.[4] He also received an honorary doctorate delivered by the University of Padua in 1833.[5]
In 1840 he was appointed as a member of Accademia nazionale delle scienze.[6] He was the author of numerous publications, including Manuale mineralogico, 1812,[7]Saggio di zoologia fossile, 1827, Catalogo ragionato degli animali vertebrati, 1838, Osservazioni sopra uno scritto del Achille de Zigno, 1847,[8] and Dei terreni di sedimento superiore delle Venezie, 1856.[9]
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