Ludovico Jacobilli

Ludovico Jacobilli
Born	13 June 1598  Rome, Papal States
Died	13 March 1664  (aged 65) Foligno, Papal States
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University University of Perugia
Occupation	Historian, presbyter

Ludovico Jacobilli ("Ludovicus Jacobillus" in Latin) was an Italian hagiographer and historian, a priest at Foligno. Jacobilli was born in Rome in 1598 into an illustrious family of Foligno and died in 1664. His work was mainly concerned with the saints and cities of Umbria.

In 1662 he donated over 5,000 books from his personal library to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Foligno to enhance the seminary library there. When he died, more than 3,500 books were added to that number. Today the library still bears his name.

Works

• Jacobilli, Ludovico (1628). Vite de' santi, e beati di Foligno. Foligno: appresso Agostino Alterij.
• Jacobilli, Ludovico (1646). Discorso della città di Foligno, cronologia de' vescovi, governatori e podestà. Foligno: Forni.
• Jacobilli, Ludovico (1647). Vite de' Santi et beati dell'Umbria. Vol. 1. Foligno: appresso Agostino Alterij.
• Jacobilli, Ludovico (1656). Vite de' Santi et beati dell'Umbria. Vol. 2. Foligno: appresso Agostino Alterij.
• Jacobilli, Ludovico (1661). Vite de' Santi et beati dell'Umbria. Vol. 3. Foligno: appresso Agostino Alterij.
• Jacobilli, Ludovico (1658). Bibliotheca Umbriae, seu De scriptoribus provinciae Umbriae (in Latin). Foligno: apud Augustinum Alterium.

External links

• Mori, Elisabetta (2003). "JACOBILLI, Ludovico". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 61: Guglielmo Gonzaga–Jacobini (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.