CARONNI, FELICE. — Barnabite, born in Monza in 1747, died in Milan on 15 April 1815. Professor of rhetoric at Arpino and Livorno, he cultivated eloquence; but above all, the study of languages—he was authorized to recite the breviary in Greek, and he expressed himself in almost all modern languages—the archaeology and numismatics, which earned him the opportunity to travel through various nations of Europe. During one of his journeys, he fell into the hands of pirates, who held him for three months in Tunis; he took advantage of this to study Carthage and its surroundings. He bequeathed his own cabinet of medals, rich in 2,015 coins and medals, to the cathedral of Monza.
Among his works, the following should be cited: *Raggiuglio del viaggio compendioso di un dilettante antiquario, sorpreso dai corsari, condotto in Barberia e felicemente ripatriato* (Milan 1805); *Raggiuglio di alcuni monumenti di antichità ed arti raccolti negli ultimi viaggi* (ibid. 1806). Almost exclusively due to him is the illustration of the museum of Count C. M. Wizkai at Hedewar (Hungary), published however without his name: *Musei Hedervari in Hungaria nummos antiquos graecos et latinos descripsit*... C. M. Wizkai (Vienna 1814).