Pier Francesco Foggini or Pietro Francisco Foggini (2 April 1713 – 31 May 1783) was an Italian writer and archaeologist.

Biography

The son of the sculptor

Giovanni Battista Foggini Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Foggini (25 April 1652 – 12 April 1725) was an Italian sculptor active in Florence, renowned mainly for small bronze statuary. Biography Born in Florence, the young Foggini was sent to Rome by the Medici Gra ...

, Pier Francesco Foggini was born at Florence in 1713. He took holy orders at the age of twelve and obtained his doctorate of theology in

Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

in 1735. In 1741 he published ''De primis Florentinorum Apostolis,'' and an edition of

Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Rome, ancient Roman poet of the Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Augustan period. He composed three of the most fa ...

(Florence, 4to). In 1742 Foggini accepted an invitation from

Giovanni Gaetano Bottari Giovanni Gaetano Bottari (15 January 1689, Florence – 5 June 1775, Rome) was Vatican librarian and counsellor to Pope Clement XII. He was also advisor to Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini. Biography Before he became Vatican librarian, he was dire ...

, second librarian of the Vatican, to come to Rome, where

Benedict XIV Pope Benedict XIV (; ; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758. Pope Benedict X (1058–1059) is now con ...

gave him a place in the pontifical academy of history, and made him sub-librarian at the Vatican. In 1775 he succeeded Bottari as librarian. He died at Rome on 31 May 1783. He devoted a great part of his life to the study of the manuscripts of the Vatican; and published, besides the works already mentioned, Epiphanius, ''De XII gemmis,'' etc. (Rome, 1743, 4to):—Epiphanius, ''Comment. in Cant.'' (Rome, 1750, 4to): — ''Appendix Historiae Byzantinae'' (Rome, 1777).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foggini, Pier Francesco 1713 births 1783 deaths Archaeologists from Florence Italian librarians Writers from Florence Writers from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany