Placido Puccinelli

Dom Placido Puccinelli (16091685) was a Cassinese monk, historian and scholar.

Biography Placido Puccinelli was born at Pescia and educated at the abbey of S. Maria in Florence. He began his monastic career on 15 January 1626. For a long time, he was itinerant, travelling between the cities of northern Italy. At one time he was a master of novices at Gessate. He frequented the then-young Ambrosian Library in Milan, founded by Cardinal Federico Borromeo. Back in Florence, he served in various offices at the Badia Fiorentina. He wrote numerous works based on unpublished documents from the Badia's archive. He died in the Badia Fiorentina in 1685.

Puccinelli was interested in historical studies, but above all genealogy and prosopography, in which the abbey had a tradition. He modelled his style after that of the historian of Lucca, , whom he befriended. Another scholarly friendship was with . Like Puricelli he wrote on the history of the Humiliati.

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