BOZIO, TOMMASO. – Born at Gubbio in 1548, he took a degree in law at Perugia. He then entered the Congregation of the Oratory of Rome, where he distinguished himself for piety and learning and was esteemed one of the most learned men of his time. He died in 1610.
At the desire of St Philip Neri, whose disciple he was, he devoted himself to historical studies in defense of the Church and became known for his Annales Antiquitatum (1637), which were the fruit of the studies he undertook while collaborating with Baronio on the compilation of the Annales Ecclesiastici. He also published several works on canon law and asceticism and mysticism; several Latin and Greek literary compilations by him are also known.
BIBL.: C. A. De Rosa, marchese di Villarosa, Memorie degli Scrittori Filippini, Naples 1846, pp. 74–77; A. Capecelatro, Vita di s. Filippo Neri, 2 vols., Naples 1879, in the documents in the appendix, pp. 797–800; A. Panella, Gli antimachiavellici, Florence 1943, pp. 64–70.