Celso Sozzini (1517–1570) was an Italian freethinker, brother of Alessandro (father of Fausto),

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, Cornelio, Dario, and

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. Celso's father Mariano Sozzini il giovane (1482–1556) had eleven sons and two daughters. Alessandro, father of

Fausto Sozzini Fausto Paolo Sozzini (; ; 5 December 1539 – 4 March 1604), often known in English by his Latinized name Faustus Socinus ( ), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian, and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Nontrinit ...

, was the eldest but died young. Celso first taught in

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, and was founder of the short-lived ''Accademia del Sizienti'' (1554) of Bologna,''Accademia dei Sizienti di Bologna'', v. Sbaragli L. XLIX, 1942, pp. of which young Fausto was a member.

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Celso Italian Protestants Italian Unitarians 1517 births 1570 deaths {{Italy-reli-bio-stub