About Giovanni Pietro Maffei
Lived 1533 – 1603 (aged 69–70). Giovanni Pietro Maffei was an Italian historian, writer and university teacher.
Giovanni Pietro Maffei (1536–1603), also anglicized as John Peter Maffei, was an Italian Jesuit and author. He wrote a life of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and also wrote about the activities of the Society in the Orient.
Degli Annali di Gregorio XIII pontefice massimo dati in luce da Carlo Coquelines, Roma 1742.
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Who was Giovanni Pietro Maffei?
Italian Jesuit and author
When was Giovanni Pietro Maffei born?
Giovanni Pietro Maffei was born in 1533 in Bergamo.
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Giovanni Pietro Maffei died on 20 October 1603 in Tivoli.
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Giovanni Pietro Maffei was a historian, writer and university teacher.
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Giovanni Pietro Maffei was Italian.
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