Pier Francesco Foggini

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

Pier Francesco Foggini DTh
Born	2 April 1713  Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	17 June 1783  (aged 70) Rome, Papal States
Resting place	San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Alma mater	University of Pisa
Occupation	Librarian archaeologist

Biography

The son of the sculptor Giovanni Battista Foggini, 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 in 1735. In 1741 he published De primis Florentinorum Apostolis, and an edition of Virgil (Florence, 4to). In 1742 Foggini accepted an invitation from Giovanni Gaetano Bottari, second librarian of the Vatican, to come to Rome, where Benedict XIV 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).

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.

External links

• Caffiero, Caffiero (1997). "FOGGINI, Pier Francesco". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 48: Filoni–Forghieri (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.