Cornelio Sozzini (died c. 1586) was an Italian humanist and early

Unitarian Unitarian or Unitarianism may refer to: Christian and Christian-derived theologies A Unitarian is a follower of, or a member of an organisation that follows, any of several theologies referred to as Unitarianism: * Unitarianism (1565–present ...

. He was one of the sons of the law professor

Lelio Sozzini Lelio Francesco Maria Sozzini, or simply Lelio Sozzini (Latin: ''Laelius Socinus''; 29 January 1525 – 4 May 1562), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian and, alongside his nephew Fausto Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Chr ...

. Cornelio was raised mostly in Padua where his father Marcantonio Sozzini, or Mariano Sozzini, was a law professor. With his brother

he spent most of his adult life in Bologna, eventually leaving since "heretics" were safer in Switzerland. Jane K. Wickersham ''Rituals of Prosecution: The Roman Inquisition and the ... '' 2012 p.175 "The Sozzini, a family of jurists and law professors, had originated in Siena, although Lelio and Cornelio, sons of the famous Marcantonio, had been raised mostly in Padua where Marcantonio was a law professor. The two brothers spent most of their adult lives in Bologna. Eventually they would move to the Swiss Cantons, particularly Geneva and Zurich; their nephew, Fausto, then would move on to Poland and utilizing his uncle's writings found the.."

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