Marcello Squarcialupi Explained

Marcello Squarcialupi (Piombino c. 1538-Alba Iulia 1599) was an Italian physician, astronomer, and Protestant exile in Basel, then a Unitarian exile in Transylvania.^{[1] [2] [3]} His works included De cometis dissertationes novae clarissimae (New Clear Essays On Comets) Basel, 1580. From Poschiavo, 1587, he wrote to the Senate in Alba Iulia, though it is uncertain whether the letter was ever delivered.

Notes and References

1. Herbert Jaumann Handbuch Gelehrtenkultur der Frühen Neuzeit Page 632 2004 "Squarcialupi, Marcello ca. 1538 Piombino - ca. 1592 Weißenburg/Siebenbürgen Mediziner u. Naturforscher - Seit 1556 Studium in Pisa, dort 1562 Dr. phil. u. med. Kurze Zeit praktizierender Arzt in Campiglia bei Piombino. Danach in Rom.."
2. Alumbrados of the Kingdom of Toledo ed. André Séguenny, Jean Rott, Irena Dorota Backus - 1994 - MARCELLO SQUARCIALUPI Marcello Squarcialupi nacque verso il 1538 a Piombino, da una famiglia di modesta condizione economica; il padre, Michelangelo, esercitava la carica di commissario nell'amministrazione medicea.
3. The Italian reformers and the Zurich church, c. 1540-1620 Mark Taplin - 2003 " 161 Among the emigrants were Mino Celsi and Marcello Squarcialupi, both of whom left Piuro for Basle towards the end of 1571. On Squarcialupi, see C. Madonia, 'Marcello Squarcialupi tra Poschiavo e Alba Iulia: note biografiche', "