Giulio Leonelli

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Giulio Leonelli
Died1614
OccupationLawyer
TitleGovernor of Turin
Spouse(s)Virginia Fornari
Children Mutatesia Leonelli, Innocenzo Leonelli, Ignatius of Jesus – (born Carlo Leonelli), and three daughters

Giulio Leonelli (died 1614) was a civil lawyer who, along with several other men, founded a library in Rome which housed more than forty-thousand works. [1] He was appointed as Governor of Turin by the Duke of Savoy [2] and later was "appointed by the Court of Rome to the main offices of the Marca, then of Umbria, and finally Avignon." [3]

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He married Virginia Fornari and they had six children: three daughters, one a nun; and three sons – Mutatesia Leonelli; Innocenzo Leonelli; Carlo Leonelli, later known as Ignatius of Jesus.

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  1. Barnard ed. (1870), p. 208.
  2. Vernarecci (1903), p. 652.
  3. Gargano (1868), p. 134  ("…e dapo idalla Corte di Roma alle principali cariche della Marca, e dell’ Umbria, e finalmente in Avignone.")

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