Celso Sozzini Explained

Celso Sozzini (1517–1570) was an Italian freethinker, brother of Alessandro (father of Fausto), Lelio, Cornelio, Dario, and Camillo.^{[1] [2]}

Celso's father Mariano Sozzini il giovane (1482–1556) had eleven sons and two daughters. Alessandro, father of Fausto Sozzini, was the eldest but died young.

Celso first taught in Siena,^[3] and was founder of the short-lived Accademia del Sizienti (1554) of Bologna,^[4] of which young Fausto was a member.

Notes and References

1. Giampaolo Zucchini Celso e Camillo Sozzini nel gruppo ereticale familiare : Nuovi documenti in Svizzera, 1561-1570 Bologna 1981.
2. http://www.borgoscopetorelais.it/en/relais.html Borgo Scopeto
3. Paul F. Grendler The universities of the Italian Renaissance 2002 section "4 1.123 Celso Sozzini (1517-70) initially taught at Siena..."
4. Accademia dei Sizienti di Bologna, v. Sbaragli L. XLIX, 1942, pp.