GORI, ANTONIO FRANCESCO

GORI, ANTONIO FRANCESCO. — Priest, born in Florence on 9 November 1691, died there on 21 January 1757; he published several erudite works on archaeology, including Doni’s epigraphic collection in 1731; he collected many Christian inscriptions of Rome in the manuscripts now Marucelliani A, 6, 63, 77, 187, 195, 260 (Florence). He intended to prepare a “corpus” of Christian inscriptions arranged by classes, according to the ecclesiastical hierarchy and discipline.

BIBL.: A. Silvagni, Inscriptiones Christianae, nuova serie, I, Rome 1922, p. III, n. 106; P. Ducati, s. V. ENOCH. It., XVII, p. 555. Enrico Josi
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“GORI, ANTONIO FRANCESCO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), p. 566. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/gori-antonio-francesco.