MARUCELLI, FRANCESCO. – Florentine scholar and bibliophile, born on 1 March 1625, died in Rome on 26 July 1703. From the age of twenty-three he lived in Rome, where he devoted himself above all to collecting books. He was granted a benefice by Pope Clement XI. He compiled a great universal bibliographical repertory by subject (approximately 6000), entitled Mare magnum, preserved in manuscript, together with the additions of his nephew, Msgr. Alessandro Marucelli (111 volumes in all), in the Biblioteca Marucelliana of Florence, established by its founder « publicae, maxime pauperum utilitati ».
BIBL. A. M. Biandini, Elogio storico dell'ab. F. M., Livorno 1754; G. Biagi, Indice del Mare magnum di F. M. (Indici e cataloghi, 9), Roma 1888. Francesco Barberi