Francesco Angeloni (after 1559 – 29 November 1652) was an Italian writer,

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, historian and collector of a wide range of objects including classical antiquities and drawings.

Biography

Born in

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—a region of

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at that time part of the

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—he studied in

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then moved to

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, where he served as secretary of cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini, later Pope

Clement VIII Pope Clement VIII ( la, Clemens VIII; it, Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1592 to his death in March 1605. Born ...

(d. 1605), and for a time as chief

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to the Papacy. Angeloni dedicated most of his life in collecting antique coins, medallions, books, paintings, and archaeological artifacts and achieved fame in Europe with the publication in 1641 of his edition of the ''

Historia Augusta The ''Historia Augusta'' (English: ''Augustan History'') is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the sim ...

'', a history of ancient Rome since

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, illustrated with antique coins of the times: ''Historia Augusta da Giulio Cesare infino a Costantino il Magno illustrata con la verità delle antiche medaglie'' (1641, with a second edition edited by Bellori in 1685). He also wrote comedies and 38 ''novelle'' and a ''Storia di Terni'' (1646), a history of his hometown. In his house on the Pincio hill, from 1634 Angeloni raised and educated his nephew

Giovanni Pietro Bellori Giovanni Pietro Bellori (15 January 1613 – 19 February 1696), also known as Giovan Pietro Bellori or Gian Pietro Bellori, was an Italian painter and antiquarian, but, more famously, a prominent biographer of artists of the 17th century, equiva ...

, who became a well-known biographer of artists, antiquarian and archaeologist. Angeloni left his collections to Bellori on condition they were kept intact, but the family contested the will and Bellori only received the house, with the collections being dispersed. His collections were large and diverse, but included some 600 drawings by his friend

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...

, a large library, and the diverse range of objects typical of the contemporary cabinet of curiosities, but on an unusually large scale. He left a manuscript catalogue.

Giovanni Battista Agucchi Giovanni Battista Agucchi (20 November 15701 January 1632) was an Italian churchman, Papal diplomat and writer on art theory. He was the nephew and brother of cardinals, and might have been one himself if he had lived longer. He served as secreta ...

and Camillo Massimi (uncle of the cardinal of the same name) were particular friends.; .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angeloni 17th-century Italian historians 1652 deaths University of Perugia alumni People from Terni Italian art collectors Writers from Rome Italian notaries Italian antiquarians Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain