Giulio Leonelli

Giulio Leonelli
Died 1614
Occupation Lawyer
Title Governor of Turin
Spouse(s) Virginia Fornari
Children Mutatesia Leonelli, Innocenzo Leonelli, Ignatius of Jesus – (born Carlo Leonelli), and three daughters

Giulio Leonelli (died 1614) was a civil lawyer who, along with several other men, founded a library in Rome which housed more than forty-thousand works.[1] He was appointed as Governor of Turin by the Duke of Savoy[2] and later was "appointed by the Court of Rome to the main offices of the Marca, then of Umbria, and finally Avignon."[3]

He married Virginia Fornari and they had six children: three daughters, one a nun; and three sons – Mutatesia Leonelli; Innocenzo Leonelli; Carlo Leonelli, later known as Ignatius of Jesus.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Barnard ed. (1870), p. 208.
  2. ↑ Vernarecci (1903), p. 652.
  3. ↑ Gargano (1868), p. 134  ("…e dapo idalla Corte di Roma alle principali cariche della Marca, e dell’ Umbria, e finalmente in Avignone.")

Bibliography

  • Henry Barnard, ed. (1870). "American Journal of Education". 20 (4). London: Office of American Journal of Education.
  • Gargano, Sebastiano (1868). Manuale statistico amministrativo storico ed artistico della provincia di Pesaro e Urbino [Statistical and historical administrative manual of the province of Pesaro and Urbino]. Pesaro: Nobili.
  • Augusto Vernarecci (1903). Fossombrone dai tempi antichissimi ai nostri con illustrazioni e appendice di documenti [Fossombrone from ancient times to ours with illustrations and appendix of documents]. Forni.
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