Italian theologian, antiquarian and ecclesiastical historian. Born Verona 23. 2. 1530, died Palermo in April 1568. 1541 entered the Augustinian Order, receiving a Humanist education there. Continued studies at Rome from 1549. From 1552 until his death, librarian and historian to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.
Career
P. was born into a family of impoverished minor nobility. At Rome, he was part of the circle of Cardinal Marcello Cervini (from 1555 Pope Marcellus II), who protected him and encouraged him to study historia sa…
