| Honorific Prefix: | Reverend |
| Birth Date: | 1595 |
| Birth Place: | Sciacca, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Death Place: | Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Occupation: | Catholic priest, historian |
| Known For: | Annali della felice Città di Palermo (1649-1651), a three-volume history of Palermo |
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| Influences: | Tommaso Fazello |
| Discipline: | History of Sicily |
| Resting Place: | Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella |
Agostino Inveges (1595 – April 1677) was an Italian historian, known as "the Historian of Palermo".[1]
Born in Sciacca,[2] he first studied with the Jesuits, graduating in theology and philosophy. He died in Palermo in 1677, at the age of 82. He is buried in the Baroque church of Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella, in Palermo.
Inveges is chiefly remembered for his three-volume history of Palermo, Annali della felice Città di Palermo (1649-1651).[3] The three volumes cover the period 2077 B.C. (the foundation of the city) to 1279 A.D.
In opposition to humanist rhetorical historiography, Inveges concluded the preface to the first volume of his huge history of Palermo, caming out against historians who employ “pretty descriptions, capricious metaphors, scheming admonitions, or other ornaments allowed to poets and academicians”.[4] He showed concern for critical, source-based historical research, showing affinities with the new approaches of contemporary historians like the Maurists in Paris and the Bollandists in Antwerp.