was born at Rimini, March 25, 1645, of a noble family, and studied
was born at Rimini, March 25,
1645, of a noble family, and studied at Cesena, under the
most celebrated professors, and such was his proficiency,
that he was honoured with a doctor’s degree at the age of
sixteen. He next went to Rome, where Caspar de Carpegna, then auditor of the Rota, wished him to accept an
office in that tribunal, and employed him in some negotiations, but the air of Rome proving unfavourable to his
health, he removed to Ancona, where for five years he
filled the office of civil lieutenant of that city. He was
afterwards governor of various towns, the last of which was
Fabriano. In 1690, pope Alexander VIII. appointed him
bishop of Nocera, and in 1703 Clement XL commissioned
him to visit several dioceses. After being employed in
this for two years, the pope made him assistant prelate,
and gave him the abbey of St. Benedict of Gualdo. In
1716 he was translated to the see of Cesena, which he enjoyed but a short time, dying at St. Mauro, Sept. 19, 1717.
He wrote in Italian, 1. “II Legista Filosofo,
” Rome,
1680, 4to. 2. “Istoria universale di tutti i Concili Geiierali,
” Venice, Annali del
Sacerdozio,
” 4 vols. fol. Venice, 1701, 1704, 1709, 1711He wrote, also, some devotional tracts.