Born 1983; PhD in History and Theology from the University of Turin and Geneva; PhD in Science of Culture at the Fondazione Collegio San Carlo di Modena; 2015-22 associate researcher at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies in Erfurt; Senior Assistant Professor in the History of Religions at the Department of History, Cultures, and Civilizations at the University of Bologna.

• Citification of Religion: Studying Urban Religion HistoricallyI. Jumping Among the Temples: Against the Polytheists' "Spatial Fix"II. An Archetypal Blasé? Justin Martyr, the Metropolitan Man, and the Segmentation of Urban LifeIII. (Good) People Next Door: Christ Religion in the NeighborhoodIV. The Poverty Plateau: The Space of the Urban Street PoorV. Urban/e Distances: Secrecy, Discretion, and a Religious Guide to UrbanityVI. Smyrnean Detours: The Martyrdom of Polycarp as Urban Religious EventVII. Leading by Writing: Cyprian's Management of a Heterarchical CrisisVIII. Time to Build: Christians' "Right to the City" Between Dura and TyreIX. A Tale of No Cities: Searching for Urbanity and Urban Religion in Augustine's City of GodRecaps, Clarifications, Confessions, and Disclaimers: The Religion of Urban Religion