Dom Placido Puccinelli OSB (1609 – 1685) was a Cassinese monk, historian and scholar.

Biography

Placido Puccinelli was born at Pescia and educated at the abbey of S. Maria in Florence. He began his monastic career on 15 January 1626. For a long time, he was itinerant, travelling between the cities of northern Italy. At one time he was a master of novices at Gessate.[1] He frequented the then-young Ambrosian Library in Milan, founded by Cardinal Federico Borromeo. Back in Florence, he served in various offices at the Badia Fiorentina. He wrote numerous works based on unpublished documents from the Badia's archive. He died in the Badia Fiorentina in 1685.

Puccinelli was interested in historical studies, but above all genealogy and prosopography, in which the abbey had a tradition. He modelled his style after that of the historian of Lucca, Francesco Maria Fiorentini [it], whom he befriended. Another scholarly friendship was with Giovanni Pietro Puricelli [it]. Like Puricelli he wrote on the history of the Humiliati.[1]

Works

Notes

  1. ^ a b Frances Andrews, The Early Humiliati (1999), p. 18; Google Books.

Bibliography

  • Schenone, Simona (1988). "La vita e le opere di Placido Puccinelli: cenni per una biografia". Archivio storico lombardo. 114: 319–334.
  • Ceriotti, Luca (2024). "Forme e colori nelle cronache di Placido Puccinelli". Pinger cantando. Arti sorelle a Milano tra Cinque e Seicento. Città di Castello: I Libri di Emil. pp. 189–197. ISBN 978-8866805069.
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