Arrighi, Giulio

ARRIGHETTI, GIULIO. - Born at S. Piero a Sieve in 1622, died at Firenze in 1705. A maternal uncle of his, Sbaccheri Iacopo, secretary to Card. Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, recommended him to the general of the Servants of Mary, who received him into the convent of the Annunziata in Firenze. A novice in 1634, doctor of theology, teacher of philosophy at Borgo S. Sepolcro and of theology at Mantova, Vicenza, and Firenze, he was professor at the University of Pisa. Appointed provincial of Tuscany, he relinquished the office in order to withdraw, on the advice of Fr. Segneri, to the hermitage of Monte Senario. In 1682 Innocenzo XI elected him general of the Order. Having laid down this weighty office, he was sent by Alessandro VII to the Annunziata in Firenze, that he might serve as an example by his holy life. There he shut himself in a cell and spent the remainder of his days there. He is remembered «inter fratres qui cum sanctitatis fama decesserunt», with the title of venerable.