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'''Giacomo Grimaldi''' was an [[Italians|Italian]] historian and [[Vatican Library|Vatican]] archivist, who lived in the early 17th century.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/767006</ref> |
'''Giacomo Grimaldi''' was an [[Italians|Italian]] historian and [[Vatican Library|Vatican]] archivist, who lived in the early 17th century.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/767006</ref> |
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| ⚫ | His principal surviving works deal with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Several Papal tombs that were destroyed during the rebuilding of [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] are only known through illustrations by Grimaldi, the basilica’s notary.<ref name="Death of The Popes.">{{cite book|last=Reardon|first=Wendy|title=The Deaths of the Popes:Comprehensive Accounts,Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs |publisher=McFarland|pages=12,40,47,50,57,62,76,84,93,94,121,137,142,151,156,157,163,164,171,175,184,186,187,198,199,201,272}}</ref><ref>[http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Grottoes/Urban%20VI/Tomb%20of%20Urban%20VI.htm ‘The Tomb of Urban VI’], saintpetersbasilica.org.</ref> He is also notable for saving [[Pope]] [[Urban VI]]'s remains from being discarded in 1606 and his sarcophagus used for a water trough.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reardon|first=Wendy|title=The Death of The Popes|publisher=McFarland Publishers}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
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| ⚫ | His principal surviving works deal with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Several Papal tombs that were destroyed during the rebuilding of [[old Saint Peter's Basilica]] are only known through illustrations by Grimaldi, the basilica’s notary.<ref name="Death of The Popes.">{{cite book|last=Reardon|first=Wendy|title=The Deaths of the Popes:Comprehensive Accounts,Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs |publisher=McFarland|pages=12,40,47,50,57,62,76,84,93,94,121,137,142,151,156,157,163,164,171,175,184,186,187,198,199,201,272}}</ref><ref>[http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Grottoes/Urban%20VI/Tomb%20of%20Urban%20VI.htm ‘The Tomb of Urban VI’], saintpetersbasilica.org.</ref> He is also notable for saving [[Pope]] [[Urban VI]]'s remains from being discarded in 1606 and his sarcophagus used for a water trough.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reardon|first=Wendy|title=The Death of The Popes|publisher=McFarland Publishers}}</ref> |
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Many of his drawings were copied and published by [[Giovanni Giustino Ciampini]] in his book "''De sacris aedificiis a Constantino Magno constructis''", published in 1693. |
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Giacomo Grimaldi was an Italian historian and Vatican archivist, who lived in the early 17th century.[1]
Biography
His principal surviving works deal with the Roman Catholic Church. Several Papal tombs that were destroyed during the rebuilding of old Saint Peter's Basilica are only known through illustrations by Grimaldi, the basilica’s notary.[2][3] He is also notable for saving Pope Urban VI's remains from being discarded in 1606 and his sarcophagus used for a water trough.[4]
Many of his drawings were copied and published by Giovanni Giustino Ciampini in his book "De sacris aedificiis a Constantino Magno constructis", published in 1693.
References
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/pss/767006
- ^ Reardon, Wendy. The Deaths of the Popes:Comprehensive Accounts,Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs. McFarland. pp. 12, 40, 47, 50, 57, 62, 76, 84, 93, 94, 121, 137, 142, 151, 156, 157, 163, 164, 171, 175, 184, 186, 187, 198, 199, 201, 272.
- ^ ‘The Tomb of Urban VI’, saintpetersbasilica.org.
- ^ Reardon, Wendy. The Death of The Popes. McFarland Publishers.
External links
Media related to Giacomo Grimaldi at Wikimedia Commons
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