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Acciaiuoli, Zanobi

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Also known as: Italian: Zanobi Acciaioli, Zenobio Acciaioli; Latin: Zanobius Acciaiolus

ACCIAIUOLI, ZANOBI. - Prefect of the Vatican Library, b. in Florence on 25 May 1461, d. in Rome in 1519 or 1520. Having returned to Florence at the age of 16, after the exile suffered by his whole family from 1464 to 1478, he had as teachers, and later as friends, the most illustrious men of his time, among them particularly Poliziano and Marsilio Ficino. He took the Dominican habit on 8 Dec. 1495 in the convent of S. Marco, and devoted himself to ecclesiastical studies. In 1518 he was appointed by Leo X prefect of the Vaticana and was entrusted with the task of composing a new inventory of the library. He also made an index for the secret archives kept in Castel S. Angelo. He wrote numerous works in Latin and also translated many from Greek. He was buried in S. Maria sopra Minerva.

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BIBL.: J. Quétif and J. Echard, Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum, II, Paris 1721, pp. 44-46; Mazzucchelli, I, 1, pp. 50-53; R. Coulon, s. v. in DHG, I, coll. 266-67.

Emma Santovito

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 191.

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Santovito, Emma. “Acciaiuoli, zanobi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 191. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/acciaiuoli-zanobi.

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Santovito, Emma. “Acciaiuoli, zanobi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 191. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/acciaiuoli-zanobi.

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  author    = {Santovito, Emma},
  title     = {Acciaiuoli, zanobi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {191},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/acciaiuoli-zanobi}
}

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