Agucchi, Giovanni Battista, 1570-1632

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Dates:
Birth 1570-11-20
Death 1632-01-01
Italians,

Biographical notes:

Epithet: Bishop of Amasia, Secretary of State of Gregory XV

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x000187

Giovanni Agucchi was a clergyman, a member of the Accademia dei Gelati in Bologna, an erudite antiquarian and an art theorist. Interested in mathematics and astronomy, he corresponded with Galilei and wrote a treatise about comets.

From the description of Diario del viaggio del Card. Pietro Aldobrandino nell'andar Legato Apost.co a Firenze per il sponsalitio della regina di Francia e doppo in Francia per la pace Descritto da Mons. Agucchia morto in Venetia Nuntio Apostolico, after 1632. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79821584

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  • Marriages of royalty and nobility
  • Weddings

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  • Italy--Florence (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France--Lyon (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)
  • Savoy (France and Italy) (as recorded)